Sen. Cory Booker’s Wife on His Marathon Speech: I Didn’t Want Him to ‘Die’ or Suffer ‘Injury’

Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) wife claims she was worried that her spouse would suffer an injury, or at worst, die, during his marathon Senate speech last year.

Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech ever delivered in March 2025 – a speech which began at Monday, March 31, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET and ended the following night, on April 1. He spoke for a 25 hours and 5 minutes, beating former Sen. Strom Thurmond’s record by less than an hour.

Booker’s wife, Alexis Booker, whom he wed last year, posted a video to TikTok this week, walking through the worries she had as Booker delivered his marathon speech. She said she was afraid he would actually “die.”

“It’s not super safe to stand for 25 hours. Like, your body kind of just like breaks down. And if you fall over, you could hit your head. So those are