Analysis | The Hidden Power Of Marathon Senate Speeches: What History Tells Us About Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Oration

Analysis | The Hidden Power Of Marathon Senate Speeches: What History Tells Us About Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Oration

Guest columnist Charlie Hunt, a political science professor at Boise State University, says US Sen. Cory Booker made history on April 1 when he stood on the Senate floor and spoke for 25 hours and five minutes, delivering the longest floor speech in the history of the US Senate.

25 Hours for the People: Cory Booker’s Historic Filibuster and the Blueprint for Black Resistance - The MinorityEye

In America, time is political.

Cory Booker’s 25-hour stand wasn’t for headlines. It was for us.

Cory Booker stood in the U.S. Senate for 25 hours without sitting, eating, or leaving the floor. That choice didn’t come from ego or ambition. It came from a responsibility to people whose voices don’t echo through Capitol Hill. The single mother trying to hold on to Medicaid. The veteran whose mental health depends on Medicare. The elder in Detroit who built this country and now can’t get through to Social Security. Booker didn’t come to perform

What Booker Learned After Speaking for 25 Hours

Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Stand Wasn’t for Headlines. It Was for Us.

Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Stand Wasn’t for Headlines. It Was for Us.

Cory Booker's 25 Hour Rant: Demonic Possession?

Pollster Frank Luntz fell all over himself praising Cory Booker after he beclowned himself for 25 hours and 5 minutes ranting about Donald Trump and Elon Musk to an almost non-existent audience. He said things like, “I want to emphasize what Cory Booker did over the last 24 hours may have changed the course of […] The post Cory Booker’s 25 Hour Rant: Demonic Possession? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.