Sen. Booker 25 Hours Record Filibuster!
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This is in no way official. I just want to make sure these moments are never forgotten.
And maybe i can amplify the amazing thing he did for us even if just a little.
Thank you Sen Booker!!
And maybe i can amplify the amazing thing he did for us even if just a little.
Thank you Sen Booker!!
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#BlueSkyPost #49 🧵
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
But in that moment, everyone present recognized they were witnessing history. Every person in the chamber—senators, staffers, even the normally neutral Senate pages—rose to give Booker a standing ovation. The ovation rang out, a bipartisan recognition of the moment’s gravity. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
obstruction in service of justice. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
obstruction in service of justice. 🧵
reversal carries enormous symbolic weight, showing how far the country has come—and how far it still has to go. By seizing that infamous record for a righteous cause, Booker wrote a new chapter in Senate history: flipping the narrative from obstruction in service of injustice to 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
reversal carries enormous symbolic weight, showing how far the country has come—and how far it still has to go. By seizing that infamous record for a righteous cause, Booker wrote a new chapter in Senate history: flipping the narrative from obstruction in service of injustice to 🧵
In 2025, a Black senator used an even longer speech to defend voting rights and equality. *“The record was held by Strom Thurmond, who was defending Jim Crow segregation,”* Jeffries noted, *“and now it’s held by Cory Booker, who was fighting to preserve… our democracy.”* This role 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In 2025, a Black senator used an even longer speech to defend voting rights and equality. *“The record was held by Strom Thurmond, who was defending Jim Crow segregation,”* Jeffries noted, *“and now it’s held by Cory Booker, who was fighting to preserve… our democracy.”* This role 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
speaking continuously. Because no vote was pending, it didn’t fit the formal definition of a filibuster. Regardless, the public naturally dubbed it a filibuster due to its length and intent. 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
speaking continuously. Because no vote was pending, it didn’t fit the formal definition of a filibuster. Regardless, the public naturally dubbed it a filibuster due to its length and intent. 🧵
He was exploiting the Senate’s tradition of unlimited debate to make a point. As the Senate’s own guidance says, *“Unless any special limits on debate are in effect, senators… may speak for as long as they wish.”* Booker simply availed himself of that right, remaining standing and 🧵
April 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He was exploiting the Senate’s tradition of unlimited debate to make a point. As the Senate’s own guidance says, *“Unless any special limits on debate are in effect, senators… may speak for as long as they wish.”* Booker simply availed himself of that right, remaining standing and 🧵