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(150,054 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2025, 07:27 PM Tuesday

Cory Booker breaks record for longest known Senate speech, beating Strom Thurmond [View all]

Source: USA Today

Published 7:18 p.m. ET April 1, 2025

WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday delivered the longest recorded floor speech in Senate history, breaking the record set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957.

Booker began speaking on the Senate floor at 7 p.m. Monday evening to protest President Donald Trump's policies.

At 7:19 p.m. on Tuesday, Booker broke Thurmond's record of 24 hours and 18 minutes, which he made while speaking against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first major civil rights bill since Reconstruction.

Senators frequently delivered long speeches in the 19th century, the Senate Historical Office noted in a list of the longest Senate speeches dating back to 1900, but it's not possible to determine exactly how long the lasted from the existing record.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/01/booker-speech-trump-marathon/82764713007/

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Cory Booker breaks record for longest known Senate speech, beating Strom Thurmond [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #1

Breaking news all over BumRushDaShow Tuesday #3

The Irony: An African-American beats a Dixiecrat. no_hypocrisy Tuesday #2

He's proud of that too. barbtries Tuesday #5

he's still talking. barbtries Tuesday #4

I wish the Democratic Party hadn't incorrectly called it a filibuster. Wiz Imp Tuesday #6

I'm not seeing where the party is calling it that BumRushDaShow Tuesday #7

See the Tweet//Bluesky message included in the first response to the original post here. Wiz Imp Tuesday #9

I don't have an Xitter account (or any of the social media accounts) BumRushDaShow Tuesday #10

Yep, that one is good. They should stick with some variation of that message. Wiz Imp Tuesday #11

It seems to only be called that in the image graphic that went with that Xitter post BumRushDaShow Tuesday #12

good Wiz Imp Tuesday #13

I dont get why it matters SSJVegeta Wednesday #29

I listened to several hours of it and he was freaking amazing. So great. LymphocyteLover Tuesday #8

I am so proud of him! hamsterjill Tuesday #14

Huge props to Cory Booker. love_katz Wednesday #15

Bravo, Senator Booker! Daleuhlmann Wednesday #16

Are bathroom breaks allowed? Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #17

No. Aristus Wednesday #20

Wow! Oopsie Daisy Wednesday #23

He could engage in a colloquy with his fellow Senators BumRushDaShow Wednesday #24

Yes, thank you. I forgot that one. Aristus Wednesday #25

Senators do these all the time BumRushDaShow Wednesday #27

He definitely kept his composure up. Otterdaemmerung Wednesday #18

You know, when he defeated my former Congressperson Rush Holt for the Democrstic nomination... NNadir Wednesday #19

When he was Newark mayor BumRushDaShow Wednesday #22

Always a pleasure to see a piece of racist shit like Strom Thurmond, losing. Paladin Wednesday #21

FILLIBUSTER SSJVegeta Wednesday #26

A great accomplishment The Grand Illuminist Wednesday #28