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Cory Booker is not a savior and is not going to singlehandedly fix anything, but…
…but…DAMMIT
…this is exactly what I want to see from every elected official, at least every one of them who thinks fascism and authoritarianism are bad. I’m not even just saying “Democrats.” Surely there’s a Republican or two left out there somewhere who still believes in their shriveled-coal heart that Nazis are bad.
I don’t expect politicians to work miracles. I just want them to fight. In times of crisis, is that really so much to ask?
@inthehands but he’s not actually filibustering anything?!
Don’t get me wrong, these things need to be said and as prominently as possible, but normally this kind of display was used to hold up legislation or nominations.
(Normal died a long time ago, and this particular bit of normal was strangled by McConnell because he wanted to hold up genuinely popular bills and nominations indefinitely.)
@c0dec0dec0de
AIUI, he’s just delaying all Senate business on the floor. Not filibustering anything; filibustering •everything•.
@inthehands
Time seems to agree substantially.
“That said, the impact is similar. By taking the floor for such an extended period, Booker is disrupting the normal functioning of the Senate, drawing attention to what he and many of his Democratic colleagues view as a dangerous political climate under Trump’s leadership.”
https://time.com/7273417/cory-booker-filibuster-speech-senate/
"The longest individual speech belongs to the late Senator Strom Thurmond, who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in a failed attempt to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957. " --it will be a nice piece of irony if Cory Booker can break that record.
@asakiyume @inthehands yeah, the title being held by the last Dixiecrat to die and famous piece of shit, Strom Thurmond, is bad.
@c0dec0dec0de @inthehands when was the last time there was a "normal functioning of the Senate"