Sen. Cory Booker on how he pulled off his marathon speech
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The New York Times |
His speech broke, by nearly an hour, a record set 68 years ago by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist who at the time was trying to block civil rights legislation.
U.S. News & World Report |
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes this week, breaking the modern record for the longest Senate speech ever.
USA Today |
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered a 25-hour speech on the Senate floor this week, surpassing the previous Senate record for longest speech.
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New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 68 years ago.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”
Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech has stirred presidential speculation, but experts told Newsweek it's too early to know how viable of a candidate he may be in 2028.Newsweek reached out to Booker for comment via his office and political team.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen.
Booker didn’t just give a speech—he gave an experience. Senator Cory Booker just set a U.S. Senate record by speaking for 25 hours 5 minutes—an act of protest, endurance, and message amplification that was impossible to ignore.
Booker broke the Senate speech record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond who argued for a full day against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which established voting rights protections for Black people.