Cory Booker hands weary Democrats a lifeline with marathon Trump protest

Cory Booker hands weary Democrats a lifeline with marathon Trump protest


Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).

The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate’s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week, in which he railed against the Trump administration for a record-breaking 25 hours and 5 minutes, has offered fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and beyond a road map for resistance they hope will motivate their base.

“I think it was something that was desperately needed, both for the caucus and for, I think, Democrats and Americans in general,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) told the Washington Examiner. “To see somebody out there with their force of conviction and be willing to fight for some sanity and trying to

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