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Democratic senator Cory Booker smashed a racist’s record with a 25-hour filibuster to protest against the Trump regime’s lawlessness – 17 votes of confidence

Oonagh Keating. Updated April 2nd, 2025

The Democratic senator for New Jersey, Cory Booker, has broken a 68-year-old record for the longest filibuster in the US Senate, overtaking the 24 hours and 18 minutes that racist Strom Thurmond spent talking in a 1957 attempt to prevent the Civil Rights Act.

Senator Booker’s speech began at 7 pm on Monday, with the words –

“I rise tonight with the intention of getting in some good trouble. I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.”

At 8:04 pm on Tuesday, he declared –

“This is a moral moment. It’s not left or right. It’s right or wrong. Let’s get in good trouble. My friend, Madam President, I yield the floor.”

His TikTok live broadcast got more than 350 million likes, and his stand – while not actually preventing any legislation going forward – gave people some hope that the Dems may just have a bit more fight in them than it has seemed since the inauguration.

At 20 hours, he made comments that explain exactly why he felt the need to take on such a feat.

The man did his prep.

Both social and conventional news media have been packed with reactions to his achievement and to the points he made over the 25 hours. Here’s how Twitter responded.

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