While the liberal media swooned over Sen. Cory Booker's overnight speech-a-thon on the Senate floor, most Americans were doing something far more productive—sleeping. The New Jersey Democrat's marathon monologue targeting Trump and Elon Musk wasn't just pointless—it was painfully transparent political theater.
Let's be real here: This wasn't some principled stand against tyranny. Democrats complain about tyranny all the time when they are out of power. It’s meaningless hyperbole at this point. This was a desperate call for attention. How can we know that? Usually these marathon speeches are a filibuster. But this wasn’t. Booker's dramatic performance didn't block or delay any pending debate or vote. It was just another Democrat putting on a show to appease their base's demands to "fight" against President Trump. How brave.
I’m not sure why we’re supposed to be impressed by what Booker is doing. Not only was it not a real filibuster, but it’s not like Booker didn’t get a little help. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) played the role of faithful sidekick, providing "breaks" by asking "questions." While Booker had to remain standing to maintain floor control (rules are rules), he didn't face the same challenges as Sen. Strom Thurmond, who still holds the record for the longest actual filibuster—24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957. Today's performative politics require a different kind of endurance—the stamina to keep spouting empty rhetoric for hours on end.
Someone give him a participation trophy and a change of clothes.
Of course, there’s the added drama with Chuck Schumer's leadership position seemingly in jeopardy, but does anyone really believe Booker’s talk-a-thon is going to oust Schumer? Of course not. So, what is Booker’s objective here? He’s sure getting quite a bit of press out of this.
From where I sit, I see the 2028 presidential primary on the horizon, and Booker's theatrical display looks suspiciously like a desperate audition to me.
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The timing is almost comical. Just as the Democrats are scrambling for their next standard-bearer, here comes Booker with his perfectly choreographed display of "resistance." The mainstream media, predictably, is eating it up like it's some heroic stand against tyranny, rather than what it really is -- a desperate plea for relevance in a party that's already moved on.
Remember Booker's "Spartacus moment" during the Kavanaugh hearings? This is cut from the same cloth—all theater, zero substance, and a desperate need for a standout moment to get people to remember that he actually exists. I guess it could be worse, he could have an insufferable podcast like Gavin Newsom. But, something tells me that Cory Booker has no desire to pretend to be a moderate.
The bottom line? This wasn't about serving the American people or even making a substantive point. It was about one ambitious senator trying to position himself for higher office while the mainstream media breathlessly covered every yawn-inducing minute. Sorry, Sen. Booker, but we've seen this show before, and the reviews weren't great the first time around.
