Senator Booker has held the Senate floor since 7pm ET Monday, promising to talk “as long as I am physically able.”
The record for the longest individual speech belongs to the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in protest of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon previously held the record with a 1953 filibuster that lasted 22 hours and 26 minutes.
Senator Booker is on the floor to talk about “the urgency, the crisis of the moment.”
Micahman311 on April 1st, 2025 at 22:51 UTC »
Just about to hit 24hrs in 8mins.
Edit: Goodness, he already hit 24hrs, but he still going!
Edit 2: And record broken.
Edit 3: Is it too late to say that he's on a roll?
Edit 4: "This isn't Right or Left. It's Right or Wrong"
And with that he finishes. 25hrs.
Edit 5: Word is coming in that Senator Cory Booker has now used the bathroom.
biophazer242 on April 1st, 2025 at 22:59 UTC »
Keegan-Michael Key could easily sneak in for a break as his old Obama's anger translator character.
EmmaLouLove on April 1st, 2025 at 23:31 UTC »
Senator Booker has held the Senate floor since 7pm ET Monday, promising to talk “as long as I am physically able.”
The record for the longest individual speech belongs to the late South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond. He spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in protest of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon previously held the record with a 1953 filibuster that lasted 22 hours and 26 minutes.
Senator Booker is on the floor to talk about “the urgency, the crisis of the moment.”