Washington, DC – Senator Cory Booker gives a speech of a marathon on the Senate fleet, protesting against the actions of President Donald Trump as the president and sharing the anecdotes of Americans, which, he claims, were hurt.
Booker, a senior democrat from New Jersey, entered the Senate floor on Monday at 19.00 armed with a huge binder in conversations. He still spoke on Tuesday from 15:00.
“Tonight they arise with the intention of committing good trouble. I get up with the intention of disturbing the normal business of the United States Senate as long as I am physically capable,” said Booker at the beginning of my speech. “I get up tonight because I honestly believe that our nation is in crisis.”
On the attention of Booker’s comments, they are not a filibuster because they do not come during a debate about a specific bill. But he disturbed the official activity because his speech delayed the planned Senate session on Tuesday afternoon.
The former mayor of Newark, who represents New Jersey in the Senate since 2013, played football in college and health and well -being, was the subject of his career. He is also the first known vegan legislator who sat in the Agricultural Committee.
The Booker speech, which attracted 50,000 viewers at youtube at noon, appears when the Democrats struggled with how to oppose Trump’s policy in the minority in Congress, and because the party base was increasingly required by further action.
Seventeen hours in his speech, Booker changed in a black suit from leg to leg, hands behind. From time to time he wiped his forehead with a napkin and took a miniature sip of water from two glasses in front of him at the desk in the back of the Senate chamber. He did not leave the chamber or sat down during the speech, because the members must remain, speak and in the chamber to keep control of the floor. His employees removed the chair from behind the desk to avoid temptation to sit down.
“I go back to how this document is undermined and attacked by this president,” said Booker, raising the pocket constitution.
The leader of the minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer joined the Chamber at 10:30 and praised the “strength, clarity and fortitude” of the Booker.
“All of America is paying attention,” said Schumer.
Later, they both started a amiable debate on New Jersey compared to New York sports teams.
“When I have a floor, I don’t have to give up once,” said Booker, getting the last word.
Booker worker arrested before the speech
Booker employees passed occasional notes when he stood on the podium of the desk. Behind the backstage, the office was aimed at the incident, which took place on Monday evening, in which a special Booker assistant was arrested at Capitol for possessing weapons.
Capitol police confirmed the arrest of Kevin M. Batts, who is Described on the legistory As a special Booker assistant. The police said that Batts, who is retired law enforcement agencies, was run by a member of the Congress on Monday afternoon and bypassed a security survey. (This can be common when employees accompany legislators in voting and official business.) Later, near the Senate Gallery, Batts told officers that they were armed, the police informed.
“All weapons are prohibited based on the capital, even if you are a retired law enforcement officer or you have permission to wear in a different state or in the Colombia district,” said Capitol police in a statement.
In the statement of Jeff Giertz, a book spokesman, said that the office “employs a retired police detective in Newark as a driver from New Jersey, who often accompanies him at events.
“We are working on a better understanding of the circumstances,” said Giertz.
Talking points binders
The book’s speech focused on various corners of the adviser of billionaire Trump Elon Musk and will move to the federal labor force, as well as the fears that the administration will reduce funds at Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.
“Without our health, we would not be able to do anything else that we would not be able to provide our families, spend time with our loved ones, do all the things that make life worth life,” he said.
About an 8-hour sign, he blew up his last steps to dismantle the Education Department and told about how these financing cuts would affect teachers.
10 o’clock focused primarily on immigration and what he called the dangerous approach of Trump’s administration to enforce the law, which he said, undermines the public security and constitutional rights of Americans.
He passed through several conversations binders. Their pile lay on the desk next to him.
What was a night sermon for the audience several employees and a stenographer began to constantly get a stream of democratic colleagues until Tuesday morning.
During the speech, democratic colleagues joined the Booker to ask questions or make statements and cast his voice, including Senator Andy Kim (D., Nj), Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, (D., Del.) And Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.).
The longest floor speeches
Booker, a one -time presidential candidate with a developing voice and a passion for Oratory, had to speak until 7 pm on Tuesday to publish the longest individual speech in records, a filibuster from 1957 by the STROM Thurmond senator from South Carolina, which lasted the Act on civic rights, which lasted for 24 hours and 18 minutes. Helpers Set the bucket to the cloakroom, and then in case Thurmond had to go to the bathroom.
Booker mentioned Thurmond – and his record – on the floor, noticing that overcoming political opponents requires actions, not just words.
“You think that one day we received civil rights, because Strom Thurmond – after 24 hours of filibuster – you think we got civil rights, because one day he came to the floor and said,” I saw light, “said Booker. “No, we received civil rights, because people marched for it, you sweat for it, and John Lewis was bleeding for it.”
In 2013, Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) criticized the then President Barack Obama in a speech, which lasted 21 hours and 19 minutes.
AND According to the Senate archivesFrom 1915 there were 48 all -night sessions of the Senate, a few of which went more than 24 hours. The debate on the Act on Civic Rights in 1960 was the longest, which lasted 125 hours and 16 minutes with one 15-minute break.
No food or drinks other than milk and water They are allowed on the Senate floor, and the Booker took only a few sips of water from a glass in front of him on the desk.
He donated his comments by reading letters for the election voice, including one from the Princeton researcher, concerned about cuts to the National Institute of Health.
“I hear you, I see you and I stand here, partly because of letters like yours,” he said.
“This is not normal. These are not normal times.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
