Booker, Filibuster and Elon Musk
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ABC News |
"This is our moral moment. This is when the most precious ideas of our country are being tested."
Time |
For more than 25 hours, the New Jersey Democrat stood at the Senate lectern speaking against President Donald Trump’s policies in what may be the most dramatic and sustained public challenge to Trump...
Boise State Public Radio |
Booker spoke for more than 25 hours against President Trump's "unconstitutional" actions.
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N.J., spoke out against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk on the Senate floor throughout the night after beginning his marathon speech at 7 p.m. Monday.The senator was still speaking on the floor as of Tuesday afternoon,
Rebecca Cooke, a Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district, said the election was a clear indication that voters are upset with how Trump and Musk “are messing with their lives.” But she stopped short of projecting confidence in future elections.
Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker spoke for hours on the Senate floor Monday night, into Tuesday morning, accusing President Trump and Elon Musk of sowing fear and chaos.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what's set to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor Monday evening. He began at 7 p.m. ET.
For stretches the speech had a kind of relaxed podcast vibe, as Booker kidded with other senators or even did quasi-comedy bits (his re-enactment of Elon Musk trying to describe to Joe Rogan why Social Security was a Ponzi scheme, complete with Muskian verbal tics, was especially Laugh Factory-ish.)
The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is continuing a marathon speech on the Senate floor, which passed the 25-hour mark and broke a record on Tuesday evening, all without a bathroom trip, a bite of food or even a sit-down break for the lawmaker.