By Molly Goddard
1:53am PDT, Apr 3, 2025
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Cory Booker was going for the gold with his record-breaking speech.
On Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m., into Tuesday, April 1, at 7:20 p.m. EST, the Democratic politician from New Jersey took to the floor of the Senate to protest President
Donald Trump and the Republican agenda in what is now the longest address ever clocking in at 25 hours and five minutes.
Join us to read about what Booker said in his monologue about the state of the country…
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Within the lengthy speech, Cory Booker slammed Donald Trump and his right-hand man,
Elon Musk, for their actions under DOGE and how they've affected Americans.
"The president and Elon Musk need to keep their hands off of [Social Security]," the leftist remarked. "It's not theirs to take, and it's not theirs to break."
"Our institutions are being recklessly and unconstitutionally attacked and even shattered," he continued.
Throughout the address, Booker read letters from suffering citizens, as well as past speeches from right-wing politicians like
John McCain.
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Cory Booker also condemned Donald Trump for threatening to pull funding from
Ivy League schools such as Columbia and Princeton over their lack of action on antisemitism.
"Even with universities that got too woke," he said. "The antidote to that isn't to try and shut down the thought of the left, it's to try to make a fair, more competitive marketplace."
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Cory Booker concluded his speech with a warning about the direction America is going under Donald Trump's
administration.
"I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able," he said. "I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis."
"This is a moral moment. It's not left or right. It's right or wrong. Let's get in good trouble," he added.
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Cory Booker's lengthy speech broke a record previously held by
Strom Thurmond. The senator from South Carolina spoke in opposition of the Civil Rights Act for 24 hours and 18 minutes back in 1957.
"I was very aware of Strom Thurmond's record since I've gotten to the Senate," Booker told journalists of his milestone, according to the
New York Post. "I always felt it was a strange shadow hanging over this institution."
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Cory Booker's record-breaking speech earned plenty of backlash.
Republican Senator from Texas
John Cornyn wrote about the monologue on X, "Is anyone listening?"
However, GOP pollster
Frank Luntz thinks the move may have made an impact: "He struck the kind of tone that grassroots
Democrats are looking for. He gave them a reason to fight. He gave them a reason to stand up and say, 'This is my country too,'" the Republican said in an interview with
NewsNation.
