Cory Booker And Democrats Have Disrupted The Senate For More Than 17 Hours To Protest Trump

Senate Democrats led by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) have disrupted the Senate and held the floor for more than 17 hours to protest Trump's policies.

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On Monday night, Senator Cory Booker announced on the Senate floor that he would be speaking until he could no longer stand to disrupt the Senate and tell the stories of the people who were being harmed by Trump’s policies.

Booker talked about why he was disrupting the Senate:

I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.

I rise tonight because our nation is in crisis:

Bedrock commitments are being broken;

Unnecessary hardship is being borne by Americans of all backgrounds;

Our institutions are being recklessly and unconstitutionally attacked and even shattered.

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.

These are not normal times in our nation.

And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate.

The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave and urgent and we all must do more to stand against them.

Sen. Booker’s office was providing summaries of his comments every two hours.

For example, at the 14-hour mark, Booker talked about Trump is making America less safe:

Early this morning, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) delivered floor remarks on the Trump Administration’s national security policies that are leaving our allies abandoned, our adversaries emboldened, and Americans less safe.

President Trump is unlawfully dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), terminating foreign aid programs that save lives and benefit American businesses, and increasingly distancing the U.S. from our neighbors and partners while ceding ground to Russia and China.

Booker also got help from fellow Senate Democrats like Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) who talked about Social Security:

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