Booker Today During His Ongoing 22+ Hour Filibuster
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
"No, mom said it's my turn to bomb Muslims!!!"
No, no, no, I said i would do better. Better rolling over to expose my soft underbelly
Not a filibuster, there's not a bill in question or a confirmation on the line. He's just holding the floor. I applaud the effort and certainly the message, I'm just not sure why he's doing it now instead of you know when it counted.
That's really too bad. This sort of effort should be directed at something specific rather than just being performant :(
Unfortunately that seems to be the Democrat playbook these days. Make a lot of noise, but don't suit up for the actual battles that would win the war.
Where was this motion when the continued resolution was on the floor? Fucking clowns.
This guy is a fucking Zionist clown and a stooge for venture capital. I'm old enough to remember when Obama would take shots at Romney in the 2012 election for Romney's founder status at Bain Capital. Booker, perhaps simply for love of the game, defended Bain Capital for seemingly no reason other than to get pats on the shoulders from Republicans
And what is this doofus doing now? Wagging his finger at Trump for theatrical reasons. This keeps getting called a filibuster but there's not specific legislation Booker is trying to kill. There's no bill he's trying to stop.
All this fire and gusto to stand around while he eagerly votes for bills to send yet another billion dollars to the Zionist Entity. Fuck this guy. I hope he enjoys hell.
the literal moment his speech stunt was over, the trump appointment for NATO ambassador was unanimously confirmed with zero resistance. these spineless fucks stand for nothing, it's all for show. props to Booker for the best April fools day prank I've ever seen in my life.
Well come on now, support for NATO is a bipartisan consensus! If anything, it's now a middle finger to Trump!
He also took the time to praise Israel and defend the genocide during his filibuster.
Fuck right off.
He also put on a genocide pin and proceeded to preach some biblical Zionism quotes. Usually Democrats stick to the liberal Zionism. Apparently they have moved so far right they identify more with the MAGA crowd now.
It was a loyalty pledge. He put on this performance to get a shot at a leadership position, and he wanted to make it clear to the aipac lobby which side he was on.
I regret cheering him on now. Fuck this dude.
I thought it was kinda cool he was mad at Trump for 24 hours straight. This shit takes a lot of physical effort, especially for a 55 year old.
Highly performative though. Not saying it was useless, because it definitely was a statement. It was not yet a "step in the right direction, but at least a "slight bend of the neck to maybe someday start looking in the right direction". Now I would like every other congressional Democrat to follow it up with something. Furiously voting against absolutely everything the MAGA terrorists propose, no matter what. Call Mike Johnson a cuck live on C-Span, every day. Lock MTG in the bathroom. Create 100 policy proposals for the docket, every day and from everyone until the .txt list is 500 Petabyte big.
Shut congress down. Completely, until Trump is gone. This is war.
I confess we all must look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better.’”
Spoiler: they won't
Hey now, lets not forget that time Schumer and Pelosi led that "We will win!" chant. If it wasn't for that, we might be in REAL trouble right now.
Is it even filibustering if he's not trying to stop any laws being passed?
I'd argue no. I'm kind of confused. I guess it's a prolonged speech protesting the actions of the admin in general? I somewhat applaud the push back by any member of congress, but I feel like it's a wasted gesture if it isn't specifically filibustering an important bill. This just seems like a publicity stunt rather than a meaningful action of resistance.
American politics are a clown show
Not all countries in America are like this
True, but we were talking about the US banana republic.
I apologise to all further developed and civilised nations of America.
Yes. That's not new
Except half the clowns think we didn't hire them to jump through flaming hopes. Get jumping, ya bozos.
If the Democrats actually wanted to be an opposition party he wouldn't need to be speaking right now. At least some are supporting him.
Simply admitting it does not mean you don't have to correct. This was a fillibuster in name only, no bill was protested. This is theatrical at best.
It was performative nonsense, as per usual of the democrats.
The only thing it did was take the record from a segregationist.
Of course, the Dems are experts at theater.
Honestly the first actual sign of resistance from within the Senate chamber.
Dumbass Ldditor gets amused by jingling keys.
Perhaps if he wore a bomb vest to the next senate meeting I would consider forgiving him.
If he uses it, same
Omg, the blue sky comments made me want to hurl. All this over a filibuster to stop nothing? Couldn't have pulled this shit when it actually would do something, I guess.
Booker a day later: let’s give Israel more money
Also, too tired to filibuster when something bad actually needs to be stopped, like Chuck Schumer collaborating with Trump two weeks ago.
"My job is to keep the left pro Israel" - Chuck Shumer Cory Booker
New headline: One of Murica's leading zionists shits himself publicly during pointless 24 hour talkathon. Booker signs and sells senate diapers to raise money for Israel to kill more Muslims.
#diapers4israel
I don't get this one, are you trying to say anti-zionism is only something rich wasps do?
A lot of words and no actions.. until Schumer steps down Democrats have learned nothing and have nothing new to offer. If you want us to believe you have changed show us don't tell us.
We need more words! We need to drown out the republican message.
Would it turn the GOP? No, but it would certainly drown out their insane rhetoric.
I think this sentiment is good and happy to see something like this out of the Democrats for fucking once in their lives.
That said, Booker is a huge embodiment of the Democratic Party he's criticizing here. While certainly better than a ton in the traditional centrist camp like Schumer and Pelosi, Booker still towed the line the past 10 years since the DNC has actually been screwing over genuine progressives like Sanders.
If this is a genuine recognition of a failed strategy then great, but I'm skeptical.
He's literally "Do better, senator"-ing himself 🤯. Very meta.
I’ll believe it when I see it
LOL
Their words are worthless.
Do something meaningful. At minimum, replace Jeffries and Schumer as leaders, and make it abundantly and publicly clear you did so because of capitulation to fascism.
Anyone know what he is filibustering?
There's is no particular vote that he is fillibustering, he is just doing it because he can.
The NYT also theorized that he wanted to do this at some point anyway, because the record for longest continuous speech in the Senate is currently held by Strom Thurmond, while fillibustering the 1967 1957 Civil Rights bill, and Booker wanted to top it. He only has an hour or two to go to get there.
NPR also mentioned that there just hadn't been that much going on to filibuster. Nominations, sure, but Congress has been mostly taking a back seat to the presidency, for better or worse given executive actions aren't as permanent as Congressional law.
He's not filibustering. He's grandstanding.
Just holding the floor
The real reason to have a 3 day no pooping challenge.
Shhh we're not allowed to speculate on the reason for not wanting to poop for 3 days
What happens when he needs to take a shit?
The last record-holder, Strom Thurmond, would shit in a bucket in a coat room while keeping one foot in the Senate chamber and still talking. He was attempting, of course, to filibuster the Civil Rights Act.
oh yeah, biden's best friend that he gave a euology at his funeral for because he did so much good work for the government
I'm assuming there is no existing audio of the guy speaking out against civil rights while taking a dump? Or at least a transcription of that specific part of his speech so we can imagine at home? It seems like an emblematic moment in American history.
He uses a diaper, then sells it online and sends the cash to Israel.
Ew, capitalism. That diaper could have been put to good use as fertilizer instead.
He probably has a diaper and a catheter. The rules don't let him sit or leave to use the bathroom.
Corey Booker spoke for a while, and we all lived happily ever after...
Out of Trump's 35,000 hours as president, Booker expertly OBLITERATED 25 of them. Trump is done.
– NYT tomorrow, probably
Bullshit. The begging, pleading lies of those caught in the act and facing down a 20 year sentence, promising now that things have come to a head they'll change the way they've been all their life if just once more they're let off the hook for their actions.
It reminds me so much of the Saddam bit from the South Park movie where Saddam is in an abusive relationship with Satan and keeps winning him back by promising to change and then doing something performative before going back to his old ways. "I can change, I can change!" he sings and it's the same tune these Democrats are singing. They've been singing it off and on for decades every time they lose the base too much then immediately putting away that number as soon as they get the base back and berating them for demanding better, for 'purity testing' and so on and brow-beat with accusations that demands for change help Republicans win.
So excuse us if we're a little skeptical because this song and dance is very worn.
How about actually defending trans people and trans rights instead of getting mealy-mouthed? How about making impassioned speeches in defense of trans kids right to affirming care and transitioning? No they won't do that.
Or condemning the genocide in Palestine and calling out the elements in their own party supporting it? No they won't do that either.
I'm with you, but fixing income inequality and reversing climate change are way higher on my list than either of the issues you mentioned.
Neither of which they're going to do or address.
This is Lucy with the football and Dem voters are Charlie Brown sure this time she won't pull it away. Well she will. And if she doesn't they have the Republicans who magically have the power to break laws, rules, ignore the parliamentarian and Senate decorum and so on and do whatever they need to put a stop to this to which Dems put up feeble resistance then shrug and say they tried but oh well. They didn't really try. They never will. And they'll never break rules, never stack the supreme court, never play ball.
They will let their most rightward members split to sabotage a vote, they won't try party discipline, they won't whip members, they won't threaten, they won't do old politics stuff of if you fuck with the party on major things you get shut out of everything, your district doesn't even get $5000 for a new sign for its park because you get nothing, not assignments, no allowing your bills, no riders, nothing. Play ball or get shut down. Play ball or the party supports a primary challenger on top of those things and does everything it can to push you out. But they won't do that because they don't want any of this and are happy to have spoilers derail it so they can pretend they wanted it and pretend they listened to their base and pretend they tried.
More so than the destruction of Palestine, which Booker supports?
Also the US military is one of the world's biggest polluters, so that one isn't unrelated.
You’re right; Addressing the financial pain-points, and securing the future of the children of the bottom ~90% should be the US’s primary concern.
Successfully doing so is what buys a political party sufficient goodwill to be able to address social concerns for minorities in need.
It is literally the “why are we sending aid overseas when we have starving children here” meme, but unironic.
First Past The post voting is the reason weak candidates run for political office. No competition.
Performative bullshit from a zionazi genocide supporter.
Y'all look at the date... This tool isn't standing up for anyone or anything, he's doing an elaborate April fools joke
The stream: https://www.booker.senate.gov/live
He could always demonstrate his regret by stepping down and letting someone else take over his position LOL
Do better, but don't ever consider what it means to actually do better, also don't actually do it.
zionist POS
I will be honest, I would have run out of things to say after one hour if I am in his position.
Kudos to Booker!
I think my body would have given out long before I ran out of things to say about Trump. I would have started with Plato, and ended with a litany of insults, everything that could possibly conceived by mankind. A 20 hour "Zaporizhian Cossack's response to the Sultan", but even more scathing.
Thank you for saying this Cory. All other democrats who don't take up this message can bite my balls. At least this guy seems ok or at least conscious.
Glad to see the turning of sentiment within the DNC. Perhaps Chuck Schumer got the message that people want him gone and is trying to stay wanted. Or maybe he is worried a third party will galvanize a voting bloc and take money from the Dems.
Ultimately this is a good thing as it shows a fire and regret in the same speech. Finally nice to see democracy start returning to the Democrats.
Cool?
Honestly the first actual sign of resistance from within the Senate chamber.
Resistance seems like a bit much, can we compromise and agree it's the first sign that a Democratic senator has a pulse?
Credit should be given where due: Sen. Booker is about to make history in less than an hour, breaking the record for the longest filibuster in US history.
Edit: He did it! Now it's on every American and person around the world to resist the Trump administration.
He stopped a full day of business in the Senate. I've never been a huge Booker fan but I gotta admit, not only is it a pretty impressive feat but this is exactly the kind of thing we need from them right now.
I think a lot of people on both sides are still living in a weird fantasy bubble that we have "two sides" and they're actually fighting each other.
Yes, some outliers are probably genuine, but we're all getting played if we think this shit isn't designed to make a select group of people wealthy no matter who wins or who speaks out or what the political landscape looks like. You don't leave trillions of dollars up to chance and the votes of uninformed or uninterested voters.
The first sentence is true, the second sentence maybe but I don't know. That's why I am saying this is the first sign of resistance in the chamber, because up til now it was a lot of humming and hawing about how bad this is but otherwise nodding along as if it was business as usual, but this could be one of a future series of acts of resistance. It's easy to write off all Democratic senators, but this is the first tangible delay to the Republican majority's business. He brought to the spotlight many important messages in front of many people, about taxing the rich, giving affordable healthcare etc. (unlike Ted Cruz's timewaster filibuster that was reading Green Eggs and Ham and stuff).
So many people seem to miss the point. Booker essentially became a streamer for a day except with usually boring Senate stuff, and was able to get at least a few people energized about important topics on how to resist Trump and cause "good trouble". He pushed his health and stamina to an admirable extent for a politician. It's far more newsworthy than Democrats waving little handboards around.
What did he resist? There wasn’t a bill he was filibustering. This was a performance.
Stop being satisfied with performance.
I already said downthread that it was a record-breaking performance. It got eyeballs on an important message in the same way as what Sanders and AOC are doing in their tour around their country.
Dem Senators' performance has been a big pile of disappointment during 2025 so far, hence I'm calling this a first sign of resistance because we have had essentially nothing noteworthy prior to that and in the chamber since Sanders' organizing efforts are outside of that, while his and other Senators' efforts to bring bills forward and grill Trump appointees have seemed ineffectual, and Schumer led a big letdown with the CR bill.
It's not everything we need, it's not enough on its own, but it's not nothing either. I don't know how many people I have to say this to.
Have you seem what Sanders is doing?
Yes, but most his effectual action seems to occur outside the Senate chamber, rallying crowds together with Ocasio-Cortez.