In the USA, senior Democratic senator Cory Booker from New Jersey has been on his feet and speaking continuously for more than 24 hours, in opposition to the regime of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE.
Under the rules of the US Senate, there is no limit on debate. Senator Booker has vowed to remain on the floor with the intention of ‘disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as [he is] physically able’.
Multiple news organisations are now running live feeds of his speech, which has covered issues including the civil rights movement, his own family history and path into politics, the elimination of the Department of Education, the abandonment of the rule of law, tax cuts for the wealthy, attacks on veterans, health care, Palestinian protests, racism, love, history, energy, national security and the ‘appalling silence and inaction of good people’.
At the time of writing, his voice breaking up, Senator Booker has just beaten the record speech length of Senator Strom Thurmond in 1957, who was attempting to prevent the Civil Rights Act from passing.
*UPDATE: Senator Booker’s speech has now concluded, after 25 hours and five minutes. He ended by quoting the late civil rights champion John Lewis, by urging his fellow Americans to ‘make good trouble’.
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