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It’s unclear what effect Booker’s speech could have, but it reflects one of the levers available to out-of-power parties.
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker’s historic 25-hour speech on the Senate floor was a game-changer, making our senator from Jersey a likely contender for the 2028 presidential race.
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Sen. Cory Booker may have given Democrats the moment they've been waiting for against President Donald Trump and his GOP congressional majorities.
It was Booker’s first in-person event in his home state since his speech this week, where he held the Senate floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes in opposition to Trump’s policies. In doing so, he broke the record for the longest floor speech, which was set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ). The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate’s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week,
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a speech that lasted more than 25 hours and broke the record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, 68 years ago.
Democrats have lauded Sen. Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech while ignoring the ongoing carnage in Gaza, where over 59,000 Palestinians have been killed and millions are homeless, and have
New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker told ABC's "This Week" that Donald Trump's tariffs "will devastate" Americans preparing for retirement SEN. CORY BOOKER: I've never seen an administration in my lifetime do something so monumentally wrong and that so staggeringly hurts American people.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen.
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.