I don't think it's against anything. I think it's just a protest and disruption of normal business. He said he couldn't just sit by and pretend that this is normal anymore so he's doing SOMETHING.
They already passed the CR for the budget it’s too late filibuster that and the dodge cuts aren’t being voted on. A filibuster is to prevent cloture so votes on an item cannot be cast and it cannot be passed. What item under a vote is he specifically not ending debate on is my question
He is STILL going! And staying on topic consistently, no children's or phone books to be seen. It's kind of incredible - absolutely nothing I love more than sitting with 100k+ others and watching the evil pumpkin lord get dragged for 18+ hours straight
Political theater. Why is he not in front of his constituents? He’s so brave speaking from the safety of the Congressional floor. What a stunt for job security at best.
Exactly. The point is to take up the space so no one can start proceedings on the floor with things they want passed. With Republicans taking up every space in the government?
It's simply using what's been a republican strategy for decades, against themselves. It works.
I understand what a filibuster is. I don’t understand starting it in the evening and going through the night with no bill on table or nomination to block. And streaming on TikTok which he voted to ban.
That's okay, others will be. we'll hopefully see more types of protests from them, they won't be able to please everybody but we won't stop this admin w/ any singular action, it's a collective effort, some will be more effective than others but all pushing towards the same goal
I have streamed him all night. I know a lot of people are saying what good is this? But I am proud of him and he is doing something. Booker has a good heart. I appreciate that.
it's good to see someone trying SOMETHING. it's good to hopefully inspire others to use the leverage available to them (side eyeing jeffries) to protect their constituents.
People say “what good is this?” to any action a dem takes. Most of what we’ve seen has been generic politics, but Booker is definitely starting to take a stand, which warrants some level of praise. We should encourage more of this.
I think centrism is the biggest issue here—too many traditional dems are afraid to support these actions out of fear of losing decorum, but as conditions worsen and constituents get further disenfranchised, support for disruption and pushback grows with the general dem base and leadership.
We have to oust traditionalist spineless democrats and vote in new progressive grassroots canidates. Even the damage this Trump admin does, if we got a super majority of progressives in 2028, the changes we could make would be insane and never revert back.
This is going to do what exactly? Nothing but b.s. performative politics. If he wanted to do something he would have filed articles of impeachment to go along with it. The DNC is indebted to it's major rich donors who are scared of what might happen if we actually try to stand up to this.
Yes we all know it would performative. It also is actually meaning full. This put the GOP on record agreeing with all this b.s. The letters of his constituents, means exactly ZERO to those that need to hear it. Makes you cry. Does nothing to fix the issue. He still destroyed the market today.
What would pushing for impeachment do bc they’re already on record for agreeing w/ him? Theyre already telling their constituents that DOGE & tariffs are good. It doesn’t fix anything either. At least this puts pressure & raises the bar on dems to try to do *something*
It puts them on record today not 4 years ago. It forces the right to vote right now on all this destruction going on. At this point if they need pressure they just need removed from office. And no it wouldn't do much more than his speech, but at least it's something other than hot air.
Who other than political junkies and journalists around the world is going to you tube to watch some political speech early in the morning during the work week? Good form him the historians can examine his speech.
*whispers* I’ve been watching on and off since last night. Woke up at 4 am and he was still going then I checked after work still going like the energizer bunny!
Delay them, win every election and cut their majority slimmer and slimmer and cut their funding and drive their supporters to outside - not by taking middle ground - but by showing them the truth and educating them one day at a time.
I fell asleep watching this. People keep saying it's not doing anything, but at the very least, the people know that they're being heard. He's trying SOMETHING, which is more than most of them have done.
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You should watch you might be surprised how relevant it all is
It's simply using what's been a republican strategy for decades, against themselves. It works.
Disruptions.
This proves what I’ve been saying, that we HAVE to be critical and ask our politicians for things. “Blue no matter who” became “never criticize.”
DNC is a pretty ineffective party, but this is actually a good move from the party with little political power, at the moment.
It didn’t make me cry.. odd.
I wonder how many are watching on C-Span and other live sources.
Saw a comment saying it’s about 17k on YouTube
He’s reaching a lot of people
Delay them, win every election and cut their majority slimmer and slimmer and cut their funding and drive their supporters to outside - not by taking middle ground - but by showing them the truth and educating them one day at a time.
Shows live timer and how close he is to breaking records 📊
Corey Booker, doing it for the country.