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Cory Booker's marathon Senate speech broke record

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His speech—equal parts policy critique and moral call to action—was punctuated by impassioned readings from the Constitution, testimonies from constituents, and references to civil rights icons.
From TIME
In a historic speech that literally lasted more than a day — 25 hours and four minutes, to be exact — the New Jersey senator lambasted President Trump’s damaging, cruel, chaotic, and Constitution-defy...
From The Boston Globe
For more than a day between Monday night and Tuesday evening this week, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) captured the country’s attention with an extraordinary speech protesting President Trump.
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