“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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Does he mention in the book how he scheduled it for that day so that he could avoid a committee meeting (which he was a part of) that was questioning some businesses which were among his larger donors?

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 days ago

And that it didn't actually stop him for voting for Trump things?