'These are not normal times in America': Sen. Cory Booker holds marathon speech to protest Trump policies

Record ID: 1987594

  • Title: 'These are not normal times in America': Sen. Cory Booker holds marathon speech to protest Trump policies
  • Date: 1st April 2025
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 31, 2025) (SENATE TV) WIDESHOT SENATE CHAMBER (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SENATOR CORY BOOKER, A DEMOCRAT OF NEW JERSEY, SAYING: "Mr. President. I'm grateful you're in the chair. And I'm grateful to be able to rise right now and speak." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SENATOR CORY BOOKER, A DEMOCRAT OF NEW JERSEY, SAYING: "In ju
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  • Keywords: Cory Booker DOGE Donald Trump Senate speech marathon tariffs
  • Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001332801042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker has been in the midst of a marathon speech in the Senate chamber to decry the policies of the Trump administration.
    His remarks started at dinner time on Monday (March 31), stretched past bedtime, and was still continuing at wake-up time and beyond on Tuesday (April 1).
    "In just 71 days, the president of the United States has inflicted so much harm on Americans safety, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy, and even our aspirations as a people for from our highest offices, a sense of common decency," Booker said. " These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such."
    On Tuesday, Trump was prepared to announce reciprocal tariffs that have global businesses, consumers and investors fretting about an intensifying global trade war.
    Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk, who oversees the DOGE cost-cutting initiative, have been gutting agencies as part of an effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy and budget.
    Trump ordered all federal agencies earlier this month to draw up plans for a second wave of mass layoffs, and the White House began reviewing the plans last week alongside Musk's DOGE.
    (Production: Deborah Gembara)
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