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Cory Booker Holds Senate Floor With Marathon Overnight Speech To Protest Trump’s “Complete Disregard” For Rule Of Law


Booker started speaking at 7 p.m. ET.

ET, Booker had spoken for 14 1/2 hours, interrupted only when fellow Democrats would pose questions to him and give him short breaks to rest his vocal cords. The purpose of the speech was to draw attention, and Booker did get coverage on cable network morning shows. ET, Booker said that he was speaking “because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people.”

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