Democratic Senator Cory Booker has given the longest speech in the history of the US Senate. In his speech he criticized the policy of the US President’s administration Donald Trump. He spoke 25 hours and five minutes AO for more than three quarters of an hour broke the 1957 record so far. TASR writes according to Wednesday’s DPA report.
A 50 -year -old booker, a Senator for New Jersey, began to speak on Monday evening at 7pm. Local Time (Tuesday at 01:00 CEST) and ended on Tuesday at 20:05 local time (Wednesday 02:05 CEST).
The current record of 1957 was set by Senator Thurmond from South Carolina when he spoke 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act. It was so -called. Filibuster, the obstructive language that the minority seeks to delay the decision of the majority and force it to make new decision -making and compromise.
In the case of Bookera, however, it was not a typical delay, as noted by AP, but a broader criticism of Trump’s agenda that Democrats would like to stop. In both chambers of the Congress, however, they have lost the majority and therefore sometimes reach such a procedural tool.
Booker also criticized the fact that he threatens US democracy
Among other things, Booker criticized Trump’s radical cuts in the government’s apparatus, including the dismissal of thousands of civil servants. He also accused the President that he was increasingly captivating power and threatening democracy in the US. He described Trump’s proceedings as “unconstitutional”.
In order not to lose the right to speak, he had to stand all the time and could not go to the toilet. The speech was filled not only by the criticism of Trump, but also by reading poems and talking about sport. He also answered the questions of colleagues from the Senate.
“My strategy was to stop eating. I think I stopped eating on Friday and then I stopped drinking the evening before I started (speaking) on Monday,” he told reporters in the chapter. He added that such an approach had advantages and disadvantages. “Different muscle groups begin to contract truly in dehydration,” he said, saying that after the speech he feels “tired and a little hoarse”.
As Booker approached the record in the speech, the meeting room of the Senate and the parts reserved for the public were gradually filled. When he overcame it, he applauded.
