Politics
Senator delivers longest speech ever
In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech, setting a historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions. Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able”. More than 24 hours later on Tuesday evening, the 55-year-old senator, a former football tight end, was still going. It set the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber’s history, though Booker was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions on the Senate floor.
