Cory Booker Rips Trump In 18-Hour-Plus Senate Speech Meant To Disrupt ‘Normal Business’

The New Jersey senator has been on an anti-Trump tear about how the “nation is in crisis” since 7 p.m. Monday night — and is still going.

It may be April Fools’ Day, but Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is not playing around during his marathon attempt to make Republicans look like punks.

On Monday night at 7 p.m. ET, the New Jersey Democrat took to the Senate floor with a pretty clear goal in mind — to speak out against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s unhinged policies and plans for as long as he possibly can. In fact, according to a livestream published on Booker’s YouTube account, as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, he’s still going.

“I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able,” Booker said near the start of his speech. “I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our nation is in crisis.”

Booker also stated his intentions in a video posted to social media before he took the floor, which, essentially, is to urge Democrats to more overtly fight back against Trump.

“I’ve been hearing from people all over my state and indeed all over the nation calling upon folks in Congress to do more, to do things that recognize the urgency, the crisis of the moment,” Booker said in a video posted to social media beforehand. “And so we all have a responsibility, I believe, to do something different, to cause — as [late Rep.] John Lewis said — ‘good trouble,’ and that includes me.”

Throughout the duration of Booker’s anti-MAGA marathon speech, he has criticized many of Trump’s policies including health care, education, immigration and national security.

He has taken periodic breaks by yielding to questions from several fellow Democrats without formally relinquishing the floor.

Both The New York Times and NPR point out that although Booker’s move appears to be a filibuster, technically it’s not because it’s not delaying a bill or nominee. The Times noted that it could disrupt official business if Booker’s speech continued past noon, when the Senate was scheduled to convene. So, mission accomplished.

As long as Booker has the ability to “remain standing” and continues to speak “more or less continuously,” he can’t be forced to cede the floor without his consent, according to Congressional Research Service (CRS).

As of Tuesday morning, Booker still appeared to have plenty of energy, his voice booming from behind a podium.

“I’m rip-roaring and ready,” Booker said early Tuesday morning, per the Times. “I’m wide awake. I’m going to stand here for as many hours as I can.”

For what it’s worth, it looks like many people on social media — and in the comments of Booker’s livestream — are enthusiastically supportive of the move.

Booker’s livestream is brimming with heart emojis and “thank you” written in all caps.

In a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, a social media user likened Booker to Captain America.

“When I tell you this is what the fuck Democrats want to see, this is what we want to fucking see!” the social media user says in the video. “We understand that you guys do not have the majority, ya’ll don’t have the votes. So all we want ya’ll to do is just play opposition. All we want you to do is disrupt. This is that form of disruption. These are unusual times, and it calls for unusual methods.”