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Democrat Cory Booker set a record on Tuesday for the longest speech in Senate history after speaking for more than 24 hours. Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” More than 24 hours later, the 55-year-old senator was still going.
It was a remarkable show of stamina as Democrats try to show their frustrated supporters that they are doing everything possible to contest Trump’s agenda. Booker was still talking after 24 hours and 20 minutes on the Senate floor, breaking the record set in 1957 by right-wing Republican and segregationist Strom Thurmond in a speech opposing the Civil Rights Act. Thurmond filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, according to the Senate’s records.
Who is Cory Booker? Cory Booker is a Democrat and US Senate from New Jersey. According to his website, Cory grew up in northern New Jersey and received his undergraduate and master’s degree from Stanford University. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and went on to study at the University of Oxford, and then Yale Law School, where he graduated in 1997.
As per the website, Cory served as Newark mayor from 2006 until 2013. In October 2013, Cory won a special election to represent New Jersey in the US Senate. In November 2014, he was re-elected to a full six-year term.
Trump's tariff Cory Booker's speech came as Trump is promising to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, on April 2 that he says will free the US from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said he’ll impose “reciprocal” tariffs to match the duties that other countries charge on US products..
