Booker’s All-Night Filibuster Shows He Has Endurance, But No Solutions
Booker has shown impressive stamina throughout the night—it’s just unfortunate he doesn’t channel that energy into efforts that might actually improve the lives of everyday Americans.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) launched an overnight talking filibuster at 7 p.m. on Monday, and as of 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, he was still speaking.
Before he took to the Senate floor, Booker posted a message on X captioned, “Time to speak up,” in which he vowed to continue speaking “for as long as I am physically able.”
I’ve been hearing from people all over my state and indeed all over the nation calling upon folks in Congress to do more, to do things that recognize the urgency, the crisis of the moment. And so we all have a responsibility, I believe, to do something different, to cause — as [late Rep.] John Lewis said — ‘good trouble,’ and that includes me.
Time to speak up pic.twitter.com/03r0s5yGPX
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) March 31, 2025
“In just 71 days, the president has inflicted harm after harm on Americans’ safety, financial stability, the foundations of our democracy, and any sense of common decency,” Booker railed. “These are not normal times in our nation. And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.”
Booker used the floor to sharply criticize President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the spending cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which he believes show a “complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people.”
At 4:43 a.m., Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) briefly stepped away from the Senate chamber to share his perspective. It was unclear whether he was addressing reporters or simply recording a video for social media—most likely the latter.
Either way, Murphy, who has clearly begun a ghost campaign for his party’s 2028 presidential nomination, assured us that Booker’s premise was “sound and important.” It was neither.
According to Murphy, Booker was taking a stand against President Donald Trump’s so-called Medicaid cuts, as well as what he described as Trump’s “corruption” and “lawlessness.”
“What Donald Trump is doing is not normal, and so we can’t normalize it,” Murphy said. “So this all-night filibuster with Sen. Booker, that I’m helping him with, hopefully it rallies the consciences of our colleagues, hopefully it helps explain to America the urgency of this moment.”
4:45am outside the Senate chamber. @CoryBooker about to begin hour 11 of his filibuster to protest Trump’s Medicaid cuts, corruption and lawlessness.
Been proud to be his wingman throughout. I’m here until he decides to sit down. pic.twitter.com/DcGNI3k72f
— Chris Murphy
(@ChrisMurphyCT) April 1, 2025
Here are a couple of clips from the night:
Senator Cory Booker has entered hour number 5 of his "filibuster" of nothing, and he's already sweating like a pig.
I dunno how much longer until he's "physically not able to continue," but it's not looking good.
pic.twitter.com/GOTuMv2oHd
— Gays For Trump (@GaysForTrump24) April 1, 2025
Senator Cory Booker is still on the Senate floor for his filibuster.
13 hours and counting!
“I urge you to fight every one of his proposals and appointments, slow the legislative process as much as you can. Please. I hope Trump will lose his majority.”
— Art Candee
(@ArtCandee) April 1, 2025
I disagree that Klobuchar sounds “plastered.” Tired perhaps, buffoonish, and certainly not at the top of her game, but not drunk.
Unbelievable! It’s only 9AM on the East Coast and Amy Klobuchar is on the Senate floor absolutely PLASTERED, slurring and stammering her way through remarks. pic.twitter.com/I7mU16bur1
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) April 1, 2025
But perhaps more notable than what Senator Booker said during his marathon speech is what he left out. He made no mention, for example, of the ongoing violence at Tesla dealerships, the Democrat in Boise, Idaho, who allegedly struck a Trump supporter with his car on Saturday, or the man in Flagstaff, Arizona, who reportedly boxed in and repeatedly punched a 61-year-old female Tesla driver.
He also omitted any reference to the Biden administration’s issuance of Social Security numbers to non-citizens, the billions in waste and fraud already uncovered by DOGE, or the assault on executive power from a growing number of partisan federal judges in an effort to block Trump from implementing his agenda.
According to the Congressional Research Service, Senate rules allow Booker to speak for as long as he is physically able to. A senator “usually cannot be forced to cede the floor, or even be interrupted, without their consent.”
Typically, filibusters are used to delay a vote on a specific bill or nominee a party or a politician finds objectionable. But NPR points out that neither applies in Booker’s case.
Perhaps Booker’s stunt was an attempt to divert attention from the relentless malfeasance of a party that no longer stands for anything beyond hate and obstruction—a party whose only unifying message seems to be “Trump is evil.” The Democratic Party’s collective case of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has left little room for actual governance or for advancing the will of the people they were elected to represent.
Democrats now oppose policies that enjoy broad public support, adopting positions that defy logic. What are they even fighting for?
They stand against the deportation of South American criminal gang members, oppose DOGE’s efforts to eliminate waste and fraud within our bloated and corrupt federal government, and reject bans on biological males competing in women’s sports. Each of these positions is indefensible—and increasingly out of step with the American public.
Still, Booker has shown impressive stamina throughout the night—it’s just unfortunate he doesn’t channel that energy into efforts that might actually improve the lives of everyday Americans.
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Communists never work to improve people’s lives. That’s not what they’re about
Senator Booker, you are certainly not Strom enough to persevere.
I’m interested in the boundaries you allude to with the “Not Normal Times” admonition.
Are you suggesting the Constitution be suspended to stop the threat of Trump and if so, are you willing to suffer unintended consequences?
Cory’s going for the “Talks-Alot-But-Says-Nothing” Award.
“I am Infarctus!”
Guy has some of the craziest eyes ever.
Well, it turns out he is. He’s broken Thurmond’s record and is still blathering about nothing.
Would you be so kind as to remind us what good ole boy Thurmond was filibustering?
How is that relevant? Bear in mind, though, that he was a Democrat at the time.
He wasn’t filibustering anything.
He was just blathering.
So no, Thurmonds awful record still stands.
Someone should sit the poor moron down and let him know that talking endlessly isn’t filibustering.
Yes, it is filibustering, and Thurmond’s record is gone.
In any case the claim was that he was “not Strom enough to persevere”. The fact that he did persevere is enough to prove that wrong. It makes no difference at all what he was doing it for; all that matters is that he persevered. That is all.
Booker is just another Democrat who can talk forever and still say nothing.
Booker is just another
Democratpolitician who can talk forever and still say nothing.Typical good verbal skills, but beyond that more or less useless.
Booker is a dilettante.
Now, Kamala… THIS is what she was born to do!
Scott Jennings had it right when he said that Booker just talked for no reason. It wasn’t a filibuster as no legislation or nominations were stopped. No idea what he was doing as the Dems approval is down to 21% and this doesn’t help. It’s just another stunt but it is interesting to see that the Dems have moved on from “Trump is Hitler” to a new slogan “This isn’t Normal” although normal is why Trump got elected so not sure what that does either.
Yes, it was a filibuster. He held up the senate’s business for a whole day. That is a filibuster. That he achieved nothing by it is irrelevant. Thurmond achieved nothing either.
F the Dems. I enjoy their tears now. When they had a majority or could execute lawfare, they were lawless and cruel and anti-American. They deserve to suffer a great deal now.
They hate America, her people, and would be happy to see her become insolvent so they could rule over her ashes.
Kind of like some religions, where lots of poor people might make smaller offerings, but collectively generate more revenue than a smaller number of prosperous people.
Dude’s really fond of the sound of his own voice.
I think the word you’re looking for is ENTITLEMENT, not endurance.
maga has been trying to avoid a civil war while the lefty keeps pushing for it
I subscribe to dozens of MAGA Internet sites, just to make sure I am understanding what they are saying. Most of them are advocating a Civil War.
I am reading many conservative web sites and have not seen anyone .promoting civil war.
Post a link to one, JR.
Yeah, what Paddy said. Post a link to one of these “MAGA internet sites” you “subscribe to.”
No sentient being on the Right wants a civil war. It’s only you Leftards, clowns like you who are out burning car dealerships, vandalizing personal property, blocking streets, and hounding people for wearing hats.
You idiots are the ones trying to start a civil war.
We will be the ones who finish it.
Gone quicker than a ham sandwich in a hobo’s hand!
There’s a difference between wanting a civil war, welcoming a civil war, or stating that we need a civil war, and advocating for one. I’m sure you seen some of the latter. I’m just as sure that you conflate the others with the latter. Desire to start a civil war is the extreme minority of conservatism, while the Dems have been waging a civil war against America for decades. There’s even been violence on their part. Political violence in this country has come almost exclusively from the Left for many decades.
“There’s a difference between wanting a civil war, welcoming a civil war, or stating that we need a civil war, and advocating for one.”
Don;’t forget observing that a clandestine civil war is already underway,
Isn’t it the Democrats who are resisting Federal rule just like in the 1860’s?
Actually you have a more recent precedent. Your party is acting like the original street-fighting Nazi gang. Using domestic terrorism, intimidation, violence, crime for political gain, silencing opponents through thuggery. Ironic how they’re scratching Nazi symbols into innocent people’s cars.
So defend that. Goon.
You’re lying.
Please list these “dozens of MAGA sites” your on. I’ve not found them myself.
Of course he has stamina. Didn’t you see his epic stand at the Gates of Thermopylae?
Was that in Naughty Naiads III, or IV?
It’s kabuki theater for his followers. He can say “see, I did everything in my power to stop Trump”.
It was never intended to actually accomplish anything other than get him press and name recognition and kudos among the leftist base.
Remember the coverage when Cruz did this for Obamacare…and watch the difference in portrayal.
Nolte at Breitbart has some fun with this.
On his facebook page Nolte noted it had been going on for 20 hours and who would have guessed cory go on for so long without having sex with a man.
Booker is a clown and murphy is the senate jester. All they can do is impotently flap their gums. That is all they have ever done.
According to wikipedia Booker
“Throughout his Senate tenure, Booker has written, sponsored, and voted for legislation advancing women’s rights, affirmative action, same-sex marriage, and single-payer healthcare. He has pushed for economic reforms to address wealth inequality in the U.S., particularly the racial wealth gap. Booker has pursued measures to reform the criminal justice system, combat climate change, and restructure national immigration policy.”
In other words, Booker is the poster child for much that is currently wrong with America brought to you by the ignorant progressive aholes comprising the democratic party. He could disappear off the face of the earth today and our society would be better for his absence.
Booker, I’ll agree with you. Murphy, not. Murphy is smart, handsome, charismatic and a committed communist. I’ve been afraid of him for a long time, and he would be tough in a presidential debate.
The same Sen Murphy who is openly cavorting with his aide/girlfriend/mistress? Not very smart in advance of potential Presidential run. Won’t play well with much of the d/prog base comprised of feminist women who IMO are ambivalent towards or just don’t like men in the abstract. Nor with the more religious/traditional minority groups still clinging to the d/prog brand.
He lost me at “Medicaid Cuts”.
There are no Medicaid cuts, no Social Security cuts, and none are proposed.
What IS proposed is cutting fraud.
If you are not a doctor billing Medicaid for fraudulent claims or a person collecting SSI benefits for a parent whose corpse is stored in an attic rocking chair or a basement freezer – rest easy. The Dems are (big surprise) lying to you. Again.
20 hours of wind, still zero usable ideas.
People are saying it’s not really a filibuster because he isn’t filibustering any specific vote. But that’s not really the case. “Filibuster” simply means an act of piracy. In the context of the senate it means hijacking the senate floor and holding the other senators hostage, not allowing them to proceed with their business. He’s done that, even if it isn’t any specific measure that was disrupted, just the general business of the senate.
It’s called that because it originated as an illegitimate and unethical exploitation of an loophole in the senate rules. The house rules have always had a way to end a debate, and the senate rules originally did too, but at some point there was a revision of the rules and someone forgot to put that clause in, and a few decades later someone discovered the omission and took advantage of it. So it was called by this derogatory name, but after a while senators found it so useful that they decided to keep it. So now it’s no longer really thought of as unethical, but it still has the old name from when it was.
It sure was a racist, sexist, fascist, pianist, hedonist, ageist, ableist filibuster when Cruz did it.
Biden inflicted more harm on Americans’ safety, financial stability, the foundations of our democracy and any sense of common decency than any president in history.
But Booker, liar that he is, stood up there and accused Trump of doing the very things Biden was guilty of.
I wonder if he could swim the length of the Newark sewer system all the way to Sandy Hook or maybe find the creek where Bruce Springsteen’s tour bus dumps the holding tank on the tour bus.
Remember the legend of “Spartacus” how he made Rome stumble by….checks notes….talking until everyone fell asleep?
Should have put some wind turbines in front of him and powered DC with all the bellowing he was doing. Useless politician is useless.
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Maybe it isn’t an old Jim Crow relic, after all.
“The filibuster has been abused to stop reforms supported by the vast majority of Americans-from different background checks to protecting the right to vote. We must stop this abuse of power. – Corey Booker.
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Hell hath no fury, bab-EEE!
I may wear a pink tutu lapel button tomorrow in her honor.
Just imagine if your greatest accomplishment was to accomplish… nothing…
Congratulations Cory, on setting a record for doing nothing!
Just another “Democrat First,” like “First Prepubescent Party Vice Chairman.”
“Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”.
Tarriffs. Now THERE’s a solution for ya! LAFFRIOT
Are you saying Booker talked about tariffs? If so, what did he say? If not, your comment is irrelevant. Stop it.
“So, what’s the deal with airline peanuts?”
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