New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker Launches Overnight Speech To Protest Trump's Agenda

new jersey sen cory booker launches overnight speech to protest trumps agenda

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speech in protest of President Donald Trump's agenda into Tuesday morning.

Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was "physically able." He was still on the floor more than 12 hours later.

"These are not normal times in our nation," Booker said at the start of his speech. "And they should not be treated as such in the United States Senate. The threats to the American people and American democracy are grave and urgent, and we all must do more to stand against them,."

Booker railed against cuts to Social Security offices and spoke to concerns that broader cuts to the social safety net could be coming, though Republican lawmakers say the program won't be touched .

Donning and doffing reading glasses, Booker read what he said were letters from constituents. One writer was alarmed by the Republican president's talk of annexing Greenland and Canada and a "looming constitutional crisis."