Cory Booker Filibuster

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Anonymous wrote:ump is DONE. Cory Booker destroyed him by talking about the first two months of his second term as President for 25 hours straight. While officially a critique, it felt like an homage. Obviously Cory has been watching Trump closely and admiring his frenzy of activity. The legend of Trump grows. Thank you Cory!

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Kinda true. I can just hear Trump’s voice. “Thank you, Cory. Thank you. Thank you for talking about me for 25 hours straight. I guess you’re right. We’ve accomplished a LOT. A LOT. Thank you, Cory.”

[Anonymous]

“I’m from New York. From Queens. Cory is from New Jersey. The virus came from Chy-na.”

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Cory Booker has fight in him, intelligence, charisma, a flair for drama, and and some mother-f---ing stamina. He's also been a Mayor before Senator and has some exec experience. I used to think he was a bit corny when he ran for Pres prior, but his brand of corny actually moved many during his 25-hour speech.

This may be the right moment for him to do the next thing on a long list of next things he's excelled at (Football player, College President, Master Degree, Rhodes Scholar, Law Degree, Mayor, Senator. More than just the accolades, he comes across as an authentic, kind and non-partisan man who will put his physical comfort and health aside (25-hour speech, hunger fasts in the past, moving into the projects to connect with a community) to take a stand for what he believes in.

And he did it without blaming ordinary Americans or political parties. "This is not Right or Left, it's Right or Wrong. This is not a partisan moment, it's a moral moment."

God bless him. He displayed leadership and drive and it impressed me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cory Booker has fight in him, intelligence, charisma, a flair for drama, and and some mother-f---ing stamina. He's also been a Mayor before Senator and has some exec experience. I used to think he was a bit corny when he ran for Pres prior, but his brand of corny actually moved many during his 25-hour speech.

This may be the right moment for him to do the next thing on a long list of next things he's excelled at (Football player, College President, Master Degree, Rhodes Scholar, Law Degree, Mayor, Senator. More than just the accolades, he comes across as an authentic, kind and non-partisan man who will put his physical comfort and health aside (25-hour speech, hunger fasts in the past, moving into the projects to connect with a community) to take a stand for what he believes in.

And he did it without blaming ordinary Americans or political parties. "This is not Right or Left, it's Right or Wrong. This is not a partisan moment, it's a moral moment."

God bless him. He displayed leadership and drive and it impressed me.

Well shoot, when you lay this all out like this, I'm intrigued. LFG Booker, let's see what else you got!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m watching right now. This ain’t it, sorry. Even at age 55, he still seems like that goofy college football player who was groomed for this role by the globalists via the Rhodes scholar program. He projects an unconvincing faux seriousness, and it just doesn’t quite work. This kind of fake-brave rambling grandstanding is very on brand for Cory.

Yes as you sit your half- employed arse at your home office escaping or answering to DOGE everyday. Yes, you can judge from your couch. How about you gather your mass and go down to DC and speak your mind there??? I thought so.

No-one is personally claiming to be better than Cory. I’m just noting that he doesn’t strike me as Presidential timber. YMMV. Granted, it’s slim pickings for Democratic candidates

I would disagree with this. Amy Klobuchar, Gretchen Whitmer, Roy Cooper, Joshua Stein and Pete Buttigieg immediately come to mind as not 70 year old + moderate liberals from the Midwest or purple states. AOC is once in a generation talent, if the voter base ever catches up to her policies (we’d need someone more moderate in 2028).

Attempting to predict the front runners for the 2028 Dem nomination is a waste of time in 2025. There are plenty of qualified and fit for office potential candidates who deserve a chance to present themselves and their platform to the American people in a fair and open to all 2028 primary. All we can hope for is for a nominee chosen by the people with little to no manipulation by the DNC in determining who does and doesn't have a chance at the nomination.

AOC is a generational talent but her anti-capitalism and close the wealth gap rhetoric puts her in conflict with big money political donors and her open and honest stance on the insider trading shenanigans of her Congressional colleagues leaves her out in the cold as far as support from within the party base is concerned. You have to play nice with the mega donors and you have to put loyalty to the team ahead of integrity if you want to be an Executive or Legislative Branch leader on the Federal level.

Weird take. Our bench isn’t impressive so don’t think about it. The DNC puts its finger on the scale, so assume they won’t. Economic populism won’t please our donors, and mentioning fraud will annoy our politicians. So self-censor and campaign for the status quo voters hate. Great advice. Do nothing, Democrats. We got this.and no, the Republicans aren’t paying me to promote this strategy.

The general sentiment leading up to the '92 election was Dems having little chance to beat a popular GHWB. Clinton emerged from a pack of what was thought to be a weak Dem bench of potential nominees and he became an effective two term POTUS. HRC was assumed to be the front runner by a wide margin for the 2008 nomination until campaign season began and Obama quickly became well known and very popular with the people.

Obama and Clinton were the last two elite Dem nominees and they became successful two term presidents but you wouldn't have predicted their success three years prior to their first presidential campaigns. No use trying. Let things play out. One thing we know for sure from past experience in 2020 is that Trump's unpopularity will put the GOP at a huge disadvantage against the Dem nominee in 2028.

[Anonymous]

Democrats consider their partisan wins ordained by God, and their partisan losses “threats to Democracy,” “moral moments,” etc. Dems would be wise to stop pretending that their partisan goals are righteous moral crusades. Voters DID NOT AGREE that “democracy was on the ballot” in 2024. But immigration was. Biological men in girls’ locker rooms was. Government waste was. Inflation was.

No-one EXCEPT hyperpartisan Dems believe that Democrats are somehow “more moral” than Republicans. Because no-one believes it, we should stop saying it!

Instead, we need to start doing things FOR the voters. Including helping to pass the most popular parts of Trump’s agenda. It’s a bitter pill—I’d rather just obstruct. But if we spend four years refusing to give the voters what they want, we’ll be even LESS popular than we are now.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m watching right now. This ain’t it, sorry. Even at age 55, he still seems like that goofy college football player who was groomed for this role by the globalists via the Rhodes scholar program. He projects an unconvincing faux seriousness, and it just doesn’t quite work. This kind of fake-brave rambling grandstanding is very on brand for Cory.

Yes as you sit your half- employed arse at your home office escaping or answering to DOGE everyday. Yes, you can judge from your couch. How about you gather your mass and go down to DC and speak your mind there??? I thought so.

No-one is personally claiming to be better than Cory. I’m just noting that he doesn’t strike me as Presidential timber. YMMV. Granted, it’s slim pickings for Democratic candidates

I would disagree with this. Amy Klobuchar, Gretchen Whitmer, Roy Cooper, Joshua Stein and Pete Buttigieg immediately come to mind as not 70 year old + moderate liberals from the Midwest or purple states. AOC is once in a generation talent, if the voter base ever catches up to her policies (we’d need someone more moderate in 2028).

Attempting to predict the front runners for the 2028 Dem nomination is a waste of time in 2025. There are plenty of qualified and fit for office potential candidates who deserve a chance to present themselves and their platform to the American people in a fair and open to all 2028 primary. All we can hope for is for a nominee chosen by the people with little to no manipulation by the DNC in determining who does and doesn't have a chance at the nomination.

AOC is a generational talent but her anti-capitalism and close the wealth gap rhetoric puts her in conflict with big money political donors and her open and honest stance on the insider trading shenanigans of her Congressional colleagues leaves her out in the cold as far as support from within the party base is concerned. You have to play nice with the mega donors and you have to put loyalty to the team ahead of integrity if you want to be an Executive or Legislative Branch leader on the Federal level.

Weird take. Our bench isn’t impressive so don’t think about it. The DNC puts its finger on the scale, so assume they won’t. Economic populism won’t please our donors, and mentioning fraud will annoy our politicians. So self-censor and campaign for the status quo voters hate. Great advice. Do nothing, Democrats. We got this.and no, the Republicans aren’t paying me to promote this strategy.

The general sentiment leading up to the '92 election was Dems having little chance to beat a popular GHWB. Clinton emerged from a pack of what was thought to be a weak Dem bench of potential nominees and he became an effective two term POTUS. HRC was assumed to be the front runner by a wide margin for the 2008 nomination until campaign season began and Obama quickly became well known and very popular with the people.

Obama and Clinton were the last two elite Dem nominees and they became successful two term presidents but you wouldn't have predicted their success three years prior to their first presidential campaigns. No use trying. Let things play out. One thing we know for sure from past experience in 2020 is that Trump's unpopularity will put the GOP at a huge disadvantage against the Dem nominee in 2028.

Yes, predictions are hard. But no, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t plan. If our bench is weak we need to strengthen it. If our best candidates are unknowns we need to get them out there. If we don’t want rigged primaries, we have to prevent them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cory Booker has fight in him, intelligence, charisma, a flair for drama, and and some mother-f---ing stamina. He's also been a Mayor before Senator and has some exec experience. I used to think he was a bit corny when he ran for Pres prior, but his brand of corny actually moved many during his 25-hour speech.

This may be the right moment for him to do the next thing on a long list of next things he's excelled at (Football player, College President, Master Degree, Rhodes Scholar, Law Degree, Mayor, Senator. More than just the accolades, he comes across as an authentic, kind and non-partisan man who will put his physical comfort and health aside (25-hour speech, hunger fasts in the past, moving into the projects to connect with a community) to take a stand for what he believes in.

And he did it without blaming ordinary Americans or political parties. "This is not Right or Left, it's Right or Wrong. This is not a partisan moment, it's a moral moment."

God bless him. He displayed leadership and drive and it impressed me.

Well shoot, when you lay this all out like this, I'm intrigued. LFG Booker, let's see what else you got!

I think he’s got another 25 hour speech in him to chronicle Trump’s NEXT 2 months in office. See you in May!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Two excerpts from Booker's long senate floor speech have 1.8 million and 2.1 million views each. He has a bunch of other clips with 500K+ views. There are also about 100+ more tiktoks from ordinary Americans recapping what they thought of and felt during his 25 hour marathon.

And while Booker's policy marathon speech was going on, Wisconsin voted and the Dem Judge won by 12 points in a state that Trump just won a few months ago.

Booker seems to have captured interest in a viral way. Good for him!

What were the topics of the two excerpts that got so many views?

One tiktok clip (2M+ views) covered a variety of topics at a point where Booker was getting pretty passionate: he was making a call to arms for Americans to let this not be another normal day in America, talked about Medicaid cuts and the impact on Americans, referenced Veterans who had written him letters talking about cuts to mental health benefits/suicide support, protection the constitution and to not let Trump threaten judges and other branches of government for serving as a check on his power.

Another tiktok clip (1.9M views) was a heartfelt letter from a family in Maryland where the father had been mistakenly deported to El Salvador by Trump's admin, Trump's admin actually admitted that they made an error but they can't get him back. The man who was deported to this horrible prison is a US citizen, married to a US citizen and father to a disabled child. The man's last name is Garcia and the Trump team won't do anything to get him out of the h-ll hole prison in El Salvador he's been sent to with hardened criminals despite it being an "administrative error" they can't fix. It was appalling.

There's another clip that's at about 900K views about Medicaid cuts and how Americans will be hurt.

He read a lot of letters he'd received from Americans, read quotes by Republicans and Democrats and had a lot of really powerful lines:

"It's not right or left, it's right or wrong. this isn't a partisan moment, it's a moral moment."
on him beating strom thurmond's record for longest senate speech when he was filibustering against passage of civil rights act: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here in spite of his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."

Booker was amazing.

PP. Thank you so much for taking the time to type this info out! I only was able to catch glimpses of his speech so good to know what parts struck a cord. An amazing tribute to our country!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrats consider their partisan wins ordained by God, and their partisan losses “threats to Democracy,” “moral moments,” etc. Dems would be wise to stop pretending that their partisan goals are righteous moral crusades. Voters DID NOT AGREE that “democracy was on the ballot” in 2024. But immigration was. Biological men in girls’ locker rooms was. Government waste was. Inflation was.

No-one EXCEPT hyperpartisan Dems believe that Democrats are somehow “more moral” than Republicans. Because no-one believes it, we should stop saying it!

Instead, we need to start doing things FOR the voters. Including helping to pass the most popular parts of Trump’s agenda. It’s a bitter pill—I’d rather just obstruct. But if we spend four years refusing to give the voters what they want, we’ll be even LESS popular than we are now.

If you really think that Democrats don't have the moral high ground in the US right now, then you should just keep voting for Trump. We aren't for you.

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If there's no vote, what was the point of this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there's no vote, what was the point of this?

The greatest acts of protest and service in American history were not during a vote. He got screen time and uninterrupted, unfiltered time to list all of the grievances that we have.

It mattered.

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Every time someone writes that silly remake, I I think it’s the same person on his/her own posts.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m watching right now. This ain’t it, sorry. Even at age 55, he still seems like that goofy college football player who was groomed for this role by the globalists via the Rhodes scholar program. He projects an unconvincing faux seriousness, and it just doesn’t quite work. This kind of fake-brave rambling grandstanding is very on brand for Cory.

Yes as you sit your half- employed arse at your home office escaping or answering to DOGE everyday. Yes, you can judge from your couch. How about you gather your mass and go down to DC and speak your mind there??? I thought so.

No-one is personally claiming to be better than Cory. I’m just noting that he doesn’t strike me as Presidential timber. YMMV. Granted, it’s slim pickings for Democratic candidates

I would disagree with this. Amy Klobuchar, Gretchen Whitmer, Roy Cooper, Joshua Stein and Pete Buttigieg immediately come to mind as not 70 year old + moderate liberals from the Midwest or purple states. AOC is once in a generation talent, if the voter base ever catches up to her policies (we’d need someone more moderate in 2028).

Attempting to predict the front runners for the 2028 Dem nomination is a waste of time in 2025. There are plenty of qualified and fit for office potential candidates who deserve a chance to present themselves and their platform to the American people in a fair and open to all 2028 primary. All we can hope for is for a nominee chosen by the people with little to no manipulation by the DNC in determining who does and doesn't have a chance at the nomination.

AOC is a generational talent but her anti-capitalism and close the wealth gap rhetoric puts her in conflict with big money political donors and her open and honest stance on the insider trading shenanigans of her Congressional colleagues leaves her out in the cold as far as support from within the party base is concerned. You have to play nice with the mega donors and you have to put loyalty to the team ahead of integrity if you want to be an Executive or Legislative Branch leader on the Federal level.

Weird take. Our bench isn’t impressive so don’t think about it. The DNC puts its finger on the scale, so assume they won’t. Economic populism won’t please our donors, and mentioning fraud will annoy our politicians. So self-censor and campaign for the status quo voters hate. Great advice. Do nothing, Democrats. We got this.and no, the Republicans aren’t paying me to promote this strategy.

Re: fraud bills Wyden support and bipartisan support is underway for a “massive fraud bill” in the next two or so months. Congress is now
catching up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the reason many of us found this speech effective, was because it made us feel seen and heard. This is a big deal for Dems. They need to keep that going—sharing the stories of real constituents impacted by what is happening right now is the only way forward. Don’t stop.

This. This group needs to heal, jettison some issues strategically, and get it together (again). Much needed.