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Sen. Cory Booker on how he pulled off his marathon speech

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USA TODAY |
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor at 7 p.m. on March 31 and did not yield the floor for more than 25 hours.
MSNBC |
Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.
Kansas City Star |
Thurmond came equipped with “pumpernickel bread, sirloin steak, lozenges, fruit juices and water” to fuel himself during the marathon filibuster, historians told the BBC.

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