New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech on the Senate floor this week grabbed headlines around the world and garnered positive reactions from his fellow Democrats in Maryland and scrutiny from Republicans.
N.J., wanted to do something extraordinary. He knew Democratic voters were desperate for it.So he took to the Senate floor with little fanfare and went on to deliver a marathon speech — excoriating the Trump administration for lawlessness and undermining American values and in the process breaking the record for longest Senate speech ever,
Frank Luntz tells NewsNation's 'On Balance' host Leland Vittert that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is now the leader of the Democratic party. "If you ask Democratic senators right now, would they rather have lead them over the next three years,
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- 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.
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.
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Cory Booker (D-NJ) captured the country’s attention with an extraordinary speech protesting President Trump. Booker’s 25 hours-plus remarks on the Senate floor broke a more than 60-year-old record while earning hundreds of thousands of views and hundreds of millions of likes on social media.
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As Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.