'This has got to be a moment in America,' Cory Booker tells 1st town hall since record speech

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Colbert Helps Booker Compare Himself To The Civil Rights Movement

Colbert Helps Booker Compare Himself To The Civil Rights Movement Sen. Cory Booker continued his tour of adoring media on Monday as he joined CBS and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert for a three-segment interview to look back at his 25-hour talk session and ahead to what comes next. Booker has been eager to compare himself to the Civil Rights Movement, and Colbert was more than willing to assist him in those efforts. Colbert declared, “So, on…

Letter: Booker’s marathon speech deserved coverage

I don’t see that the Press Herald print edition covered Sen. Cory Booker’s historic, record-breaking filibuster, describing how wrong President Trump’s policies are. When we do not recognize peaceful, nonviolent protests on important subjects, we undermine the people and progress behind them. John Prendergast Camden

Trump, interrupted: Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech calls for collective action

Last week’s record-breaking marathon speech by United States Sen. Cory Booker is important not just for what was said, but also for the way it was delivered.

Sen. Cory Booker; First Big Protests of Trump's Second Term; 100 Years of 100 Things: Trade Wars | The Brian Lehrer Show

Loading... On today's show:  U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D, NJ) talks about his record-breaking speech on the Senate floor last week and the Democratic response to Pres. Trump's agenda. Elaine Godfrey, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about this weekend's protests against the Trump administration, which drew thousands of people in all fifty states. As our centennial series continues, Michael Froman, president of the Council on Foreign Relation…

‘This has got to be a moment in America,’ Cory Booker says in town hall after record speech

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker took a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road Saturday to a town hall meeting in a New Jersey gymnasium, calling on people to find out what they can do to push back on President Donald Trump’s agenda.