{"id":2419214,"date":"2025-04-03T05:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/booker-breathes-fire-into-deflated-democrats-with-marathon-trump-protest-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T05:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:33:55","slug":"booker-breathes-fire-into-deflated-democrats-with-marathon-trump-protest-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/booker-breathes-fire-into-deflated-democrats-with-marathon-trump-protest-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Booker breathes fire into deflated Democrats with marathon Trump protest &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbooker-breathes-fire-into-deflated-democrats-with-marathon-trump-protest-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2419214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently delivered a record-breaking 25-hour and 5-minute speech on the senate floor, passionately condemning the Trump administration and serving as a rallying point for Democrats seeking to resist the Republican agenda. This marathon protest has energized a party that has been struggling to find its footing in the face of President Trump&#8217;s policies. Democrats and political analysts have praised Booker for his bold stand, suggesting that it has rekindled enthusiasm among party members and motivated younger Democrats to take more active roles in political affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not being a formal filibuster, Booker&#8217;s lengthy speech temporarily obstructed Republican efforts to advance their agenda and captured notable public attention, garnering over 350 million &#8220;likes&#8221; on TikTok and ample viewer engagement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media<\/a>. His actions have sparked discussions about the need for more assertive and coordinated opposition within the party, particularly with upcoming elections on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Along with reflecting on the state of the party, Booker&#8217;s speech has prompted fundraising efforts from various Democratic campaigns, highlighting his influence and the potential for increased Democratic engagement leading into the future. While Booker denies any ambition to become the next party leader or presidential candidate, he emphasizes the importance of leadership and proactive advocacy for progressive causes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cory Booker hands weary Democrats a lifeline with marathon Trump protest<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2080692\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats longing to ramp up their fight against President Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress have found a standard-bearer in Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cory-booker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cory Booker\">Cory Booker<\/a> (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old senator and one-time presidential candidate&rsquo;s marathon speech on the Senate floor this week, in which he railed against the Trump administration for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3367088\/cory-booker-breaks-record-longest-senate-floor-speech-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"record-breaking 25 hours and 5 minutes\">record-breaking 25 hours and 5 minutes<\/a>, has offered fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and beyond a road map for resistance they hope will motivate their base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3368411\/senate-delivers-trump-liberation-day-rebuke-emergency-tariffs-canada\/\">Senate delivers Trump &#8216;Liberation Day&#8217; rebuke over emergency tariffs on Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3368104\/trump-reassures-deficit-skittish-republicans-white-house-meeting\/\">Trump reassures deficit-skittish Republicans at White House meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3367726\/senate-gop-releases-trump-agenda-blueprint-spending-fight\/\">Senate GOP releases Trump agenda blueprint with spending fight unresolved<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think it was something that was desperately needed, both for the caucus and for, I think, Democrats and Americans in general,&rdquo; Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;To see somebody out there with their force of conviction and be willing to fight for some sanity and trying to break through all the s*** that&rsquo;s happening. To break through, basically, because things just aren&rsquo;t breaking through.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For weeks, Democrats have struggled to keep their feet under them as Trump pursues a sweeping rollback of the federal government, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s (D-NY) decision last month to help Republicans avoid a government shutdown crystalizing the anger of grassroots Democrats who want to see the party take a louder stand.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, progressives have largely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3363162\/progressives-leadership-vacuum-biden-2024-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">filled that vacuum<\/a> with campaign-style events in a series of red districts. Booker&rsquo;s decision to lodge his own protest on the Senate floor is giving Democrats a sense of what challenging the president might look like from a more senior member of Senate leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Rakov, the 37-year-old who launched a primary challenge on Wednesday against his former boss, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), credited Booker, the No. 4 Senate Democrat, with motivating younger members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think younger Democrats see someone like Sen. Booker standing on his two feet for 25 hours of an impassioned speech to show what actually can be done,&rdquo; Rakov told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s younger voters, it&rsquo;s us stepping up to run for office. It&rsquo;s us showing up to more protests or community meetings, even neighborhood council meetings, and just getting more engaged.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Booker was not protesting any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/booker-breaks-record-for-longest-senate-floor-speech-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Booker breaks record for longest ... ... - Washington Examiner\">single proposed bill<\/a>, so his speech was not a filibuster. The New Jersey Democrat only temporarily prevented the Republican majority from voting on other measures and presidential nominees.<\/p>\n<p>His talkathon did, however, energize a leaderless party with minimum control over Washington and allowed Democrats to take over the airwaves for more than a day. Booker received north of 350 million &ldquo;likes&rdquo; on his TikTok livestream, more than 28,000 voicemails on his main office line, and upward of 300,000 viewers simultaneously watching him at one point across his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 ... Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a>, according to his office. Fans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/grace_panetta\/status\/1907186891033641150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted pro-Booker edits\">posted pro-Booker edits<\/a> on TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of people out there asking Democrats to do more and take risks and do things differently. This seemed like the right thing to do,&rdquo; Booker told reporters Tuesday night after exiting the floor for the first time since his speech began. &ldquo;I think a lot of us have to do a lot more, including myself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Booker&rsquo;s speech, most Senate Democrats showed their support by offering him a brief reprieve from speaking with their own remarks and accolades. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, however, not everyone was in attendance. At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypress.senate.gov\/tuesday-april-1-2025\/\">39 of the 47-member caucus<\/a> came to the floor to speak during Booker&rsquo;s marathon session. A since<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-dropped-by-talent-agency-after-star-axed-from-disney-show-over-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Dropped By Talent Agency After Star Axed From Disney Show Over ... Post\">-deleted social media post<\/a> from the Democratic National Committee estimated the number to be lower at 36.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the latter of whom caucuses with the Democrats, were among those who did not join Booker but reacted in brief comments to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I watched part of it,&rdquo; Fetterman said. &ldquo;I thought he was very committed to make a statement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders called Booker &ldquo;extraordinary,&rdquo; saying he &ldquo;deserves a lot of credit&rdquo; and that he made a &ldquo;good critique of Trumpism.&rdquo; Sanders, who has launched a &ldquo;Fighting Oligarchy&rdquo; tour across several states with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez (D-NY), attracting thousands of supporters at each event, declined to engage on whether he felt Booker energized the party.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple polls have found the Democratic Party with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/democratic-party-hits-new-polling-low-voters-want-fight-trump-harder-rcna196161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lowest favorability rating<\/a>&nbsp;on record, driven in part by a desire for Democrats to stand in the way of Trump. Republicans have used the polling rut to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foxnews\/reel\/DH7KW9HMgLr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">paint<\/a> Democrats as out of touch with the average voter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined at left by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks to reporters just after Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Booker appeared to surprise and satisfy many in the party both on and off Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic strategist who advised former President Bill Clinton and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, said the party needs to go on offense like Booker rather than waiting &ldquo;until Trump trips up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s going to happen anyway. But that doesn&rsquo;t organize an opposition,&rdquo; Sheinkopf told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It creates a passive vote that may not in fact remain there. What Booker did was to begin to create opposition that has energy, legs, and will do something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adam Jentleson, a former senior aide to Fetterman and the late Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, made the case that Booker&rsquo;s attention-grabbing exploit was all the more reason to revive the talking filibuster to combat Trump&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Imagine what a coordinated, caucus-wide talking filibuster against, say, a GOP funding bill that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">cuts popular social safety net programs<\/a> would look like &mdash; as opposed to just voting it down at a 60-vote threshold?&rdquo; Jentleson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AJentleson\/status\/1907235936053706961\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist and ex-senior adviser to former Vice President Kamala Harris, said &ldquo;stunts&rdquo; like Booker&rsquo;s &ldquo;aren&rsquo;t necessarily a bad thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The name of the game is attention,&rdquo; Nellis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeNellis\/status\/1907223819980619886\">posted<\/a> on social media. &ldquo;Trump and Musk are very good at it. Democrats have struggled to take these kinds of risks to our own peril &mdash; but Cory is paving the way forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Booker, a relatively young member of a chamber where the median age is nearly 65, was elevated last December by his colleagues to handle &ldquo;strategic communications&rdquo; for Senate Democrats. It was a newly formed position that made him the fourth-ranked member in the caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Booker&rsquo;s reelection campaign and Democratic PACs began blasting out fundraising requests by text and email long before his speech concluded. The trend continued through Wednesday from Booker&rsquo;s political team, in addition to a string of other Democratic campaigns, including that of Sens. Gallego, Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI). Each solicited donation stated the money would be split between a specific senator and Booker.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just stepped off the Senate floor,&rdquo; one email subject line read. &ldquo;I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent,&rdquo; a text read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\"><strong>FIVE DEMOCRATS IN PRIME POSITION TO BE FACE OF THE PARTY IN 2028<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Booker holds a safe seat but is up for reelection to a third consecutive term next year. He downplayed any notion he could ascend as the next leader of the party as a possible 2028 White House contender, despite his presidential ambitions in 2020 during a crowded Democratic primary. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/haleytalbotcnn\/status\/1907520516723978399?s=46&amp;t=vgOs3L9Jdw1koLNS5Z1G3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reiterated his intentions\">reiterated his intentions<\/a> to be reelected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I&rsquo;m just trying to step up,&rdquo; Booker told reporters Tuesday night. &ldquo;We all need to step up and lead. Not just Democrats. I tried to make that a point. This is a time America needs some leaders. We&rsquo;re not about what we&rsquo;re against but what we&rsquo;re for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Lauren Green contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2080692\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2080692\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cory Booker energizes Democrats with lengthy Trump protest speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2419215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25091479074400.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16630,3685,52733],"class_list":["post-2419214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-booker","tag-democrats","tag-trump-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25091479074400.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419214"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419218,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419214\/revisions\/2419218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}