Summary
Sen. Cory Booker broke the all-time Senate filibuster record Tuesday with a 25-hour, 4-minute speech opposing proposed Social Security cuts by Elon Musk.
Booker criticized the broader Trump agenda and warned of threats to democracy.
Sen. Ted Cruz said he was thinking about triggering the alarm on the Senate floor to block the New Jersey Democrat from surpassing his marathon speech mark, then joked on X and posted a Homer Simpson meme.
Booker began speaking Monday at 7 p.m. and remained standing throughout, aided by Democratic colleagues who questioned him to allow brief breaks.
I know ted is a piece of shit, but that post, and literally everyone else’s response to it, including booker who referenced the post in the last 30 minutes before the record was broken, knew that it was a joke.
Ted tried it already and failed to hit the record. He knows how hard it is.
That was an assholes way of appreciating something, without admitting that he has respect for it.
For fucks sake.