Senator Cory Booker wrapped a marathon 25-hour speech on Tuesday in protest of President Donald Trump’s policies, breaking the record for the longest Senate talk-a-thon set decades ago by infamous segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.

The 55-year-old New Jersey Democrat began speaking Monday evening shortly after 7 p.m., railing against the Trump administration’s efforts to demolish government agencies, cut taxes for wealthy Americans, and slash government safety net programs like Medicaid.

“I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble,” Booker said at the start of his speech, referencing the phrase synonymous with the late civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman John Lewis. “I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able.”

He went on to criticise many of Trump and........

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