“Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country’s longest continuous Senate floor speech — just over 25 hours. The 56-year-old Booker spoke in opposition to numerous Trump administration policies, whether the desire to make Canada part of the United States or cuts to Social Security offices.

“This book is about the virtues vital to our success as a nation and lessons we can draw from generations of Americans who fought for them,” Booker said in a statement.

Booker’s speech broke a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist and southern Democrat who opposed the advance of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which eventually passed.

Booker was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions on the Senate floor.

idk about you but i still clap when i listen to it on 2x speed. thank you sir

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Cory, in case you didn't notice, it's still kind of early to be taking a victory lap, my dude.

[–] context@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago

the-democrat the performance is the accomplishment!

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago

mission-accomplished-1

[–] GoodGuyWithACat@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

Cory's initial claim to fame was a documentary about how he lost a mayoral race to an obviously corrupt incumbent, Sharpe James. This motherfucker loves to lose.