Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has broken the record for the longest speech in Congress after speaking for over 25 hours.
Booker’s filibuster was in protest of the Trump administration.
The Senator from New Jersey began his speech at 7 pm on Monday and ended it just a little after 7 pm on Tuesday.
Booker notably did not take any bathroom breaks or leave the chamber at any time.
Booker’s speech broke the record of Senator Strom Thurmond’s 24-hour and 18-minute filibuster in 1957, which was to oppose the Civil Rights Act.
BREAKING: Democratic Senator Cory Booker just set the record for the longest filibuster in history—on the very same day Congressional Democrats hit an all-time low approval rating of just 21%.pic.twitter.com/cYoH60YSLt
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