WASHINGTON: Republican Senator and former presidential candidate Cory Booker’s aggressive marathon speech in the US Senate against the Trump administration’s policies continued in the Senate for 19 hours when this report was posted at 11pm Pakistan standard time.
Booker began his speech at 7 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time last night, and was continuing it with full energy.
Senator Booker of New Jersey said at the start of the speech that he would continue speaking as long as he was physically able.
In his speech, the lawmaker continued targeting the policies of the Trump administration one by one, saying that this is not a normal situation for our nation, there are serious and grave threats to the American people and American democracy, adding we all have to take steps to protect democracy.
Senator Booker has a stack of pages that, according to him, are letters from the people of his constituency, informing the United States about the concerns and concerns of the people.
He was also answering questions from senators during the marathon speech. Many Democratic senators gave him a chance to breathe by asking long questions, but he continued to make it clear that he would not leave the floor.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer paid tribute to Booker before asking:” “Your strength, perseverance and clarity are amazing, the whole United States is listening to you.”
Senator Booker strongly criticized budget cuts to Social Security offices, expressing concern that the Trump administration would make further cuts to funding.
He mentioned several times how long his speech had been going on and also what issues he had covered, including health, education, infrastructure, jobs, poverty, agriculture and foreign policy issues.
He continued to speak with glasses off and read the pages with glasses on. He also took a short walk during the speech, his voice was filled many times. The signs of flu were also clear, but the momentum of his passionate speech was not broken.
The record for the longest speech in the U.S. Senate was set by Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes on the Civil Rights Act in 1957.
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