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Senator Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was HISTORIC

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Booker took to the Senate floor to speak in protest of the Trump administration’s policies, vowing to hold it for as long as he was physically able.
Yahoo |
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey held the Senate floor for 25 hours and five minutes on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, to rail against the policies and actions of President Donald Trump.
The New York Times |
“It’s an amazing physical feat, absolutely,” said Dr. Santina Wheat, a family medicine doctor at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Illinois.

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