Democratic Senator Cory Booker.
Democratic Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours nonstop, always standing in a protest against Donald Trump’s policies. It is a new record for the longest speech in the history of the US Senate.
Booker began his speech on Monday at 7 pm, and continued until Tuesday at 20:05 hours. Are a total of 25 hours and five minutes which constitute a new record in the history of the American Senate.
O previous record was by Senator Strom Thurmonda segregationist democrat from South Carolina, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957in a protest against the Civil Rights Law that gave voting rights to black citizens.
Now the reasons for Booker are the policies of. “I get up tonight because I sincerely believe that Our country is in crisis“, He stressed at the beginning of his speech, promising to continue while” physically capable. “
While talking, the senator accused Trump of putting “profits ahead of people“Trying to stir in Medicaid and Medicare” and threaten social security.
Also criticized the dismantling of and remembered the accidental deportation of a US citizen residing in Maryland.
Booker also stressed that a matter of “right or left, This is right or wrong“.
The senator read several letters from his voters to detail his concerns about Trump’s measures, and as to the role of his policies through the Government Efficiency Department.
Several Democratic politicians intervened during Booker’s speech to ask him questions and give him some rest time, praising his “strength and conviction” and highlighting him for “Give hope to people”.
This man needs no words from me. I am quite simply in awe.
— (@politicsusa46)
The secret was hungry and thirsty
After 25 hours of speech, Booker explained to journalists that was “fasting for days” and that stopped drinking water “There has been a long time” to prepare. “I started to have cramps for lack of water,” he confessed.
The Democrat Senator said he stopped eating last Friday, and stopped drinking on Sunday night.
On social networks, Booker noted that his goal was “Raise the voices of Americans which are being harmed and not being heard in this time of crisis. ”
The senator also explained that his initiative came after being confronted by several angry voters With the Democrats, for not facing Trump’s agenda.
“I really give credit to voters, who were impatient, who were demanding, who were scared, who were angry and, very understanding, to discharge this anger in Democratswho have to assume some responsibility for being where we are in American history now, ”he stressed in statements to the channel.
Booker was elected senator for the first time in 2013 after being mayor of Newark in New Jersey.
The 55 -year -old politician is a former football player from Stanford University.
His 25 -hour speech received millions of views on Youtube broadcast, and other digital platforms. In Tiktok, it exceeded 175 million “likes”.
