addendum:

if you tune in you can see other speakers from the floor chiming in

these are other democrats helping cory out by giving him a small break, it's just using a quirk of the rules

congress has byzantine rules about how long someone can speak, who can respond, how long they can respond, etc, so it becomes a game

now he's speaking about the history of the #women's #suffrage movement, about one of the first people to #protest #congress, how she directly challenged president woodrow wilson and how she was then abused by the state

this is hour 19!

he's stammering a little, but his thoughts and rhetoric are fire

cory is on fire

dude's being a fucking us history professor giving a college level lecture to the nation with no sleep

now on to #FrederickDouglass!

much respect #CoryBooker

#BookerFilibuster