Cory Booker, Donald Trump and Elon Musk
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The Daily Beast |
Sen. Cory Booker slammed Elon Musk in a marathon filibuster for “bullying” Republicans into supporting President Donald Trump even when they disagreed with him. The New Jersey Democrat had vowed Monda...
CNN |
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.
The New York Times |
“It’s an amazing physical feat, absolutely,” said Dr. Santina Wheat, a family medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Illinois.
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Who is Cory Booker? Will his marathon speech be the longest filibuster in US history? Here's what to know so far and how to watch live stream.
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.
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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,
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.)
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.
First off, it was not a filibuster. But Booker's historic 25-hour speech broke the Senate record, and was a startling challenge to Trump’s agenda
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.