Senator Cory Booker just spent 25 hours of his life marathoning a Senate speech no one cared about, and now the failing Democrats think this publicity stunt qualifies him to save their sinking party from irrelevance.
At a Glance
- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker gave a 25-hour marathon Senate speech criticizing Trump’s agenda, breaking the record for longest Senate speech
- Kamala Harris and other Democrats are floating Booker as a potential party leader following their embarrassing 2024 defeat to Donald Trump
- Internal Democratic polling shows voters in battleground states don’t trust the party, especially on economic issues
- Booker’s speech featured complaints about annexing Greenland, tax cuts for the wealthy, and social program cuts
- When directly asked about party leadership, Booker dodged with a vague quote about “everyone” needing to lead
A 25-Hour Publicity Stunt
So, the Democrats’ great new hope is a guy who spent over a day talking to an empty Senate chamber. Senator Cory Booker apparently believes that the best way to demonstrate leadership is by staging what amounts to a progressive temper tantrum that broke the record for the longest Senate speech. Booker used his marathon session to rail against Trump’s policies, bemoan the supposed lack of “national unity,” and criticize Elon Musk’s influence on the administration.
This desperate bid for attention comes as the Democratic Party flounders after their humiliating loss to President Trump in 2024, leaving them searching for anyone who can pull them out of their self-created pit of irrelevance.
What did Booker spend his 25 hours actually saying? Predictably, he whined about tax cuts that let Americans keep more of their own money, ranted about budget proposals that might force the government to live within its means, and even complained about the possibility of annexing Greenland and Canada.
Because apparently expanding American territory is now something Democrats are against. Perhaps the most telling part of this political theater was Booker reading letters from constituents – a transparent attempt to create viral sound bites while accomplishing absolutely nothing of substance.
The Democrats’ Leadership Vacuum
The fact that Democrats are even considering Booker for a leadership role speaks volumes about their current state. After being roundly rejected by American voters in the 2024 election, the party lacks any clear direction or leadership. Internal polling shows the Democratic brand is toxic in battleground districts, with voters particularly distrusting their economic policies.
No wonder – after years of inflation, border chaos, and foreign policy disasters, Americans have had enough of progressive fantasies being forced down their throats. Instead of acknowledging these failures, Democrats apparently think the answer is elevating someone who couldn’t even gain traction in the 2020 primary.
“I think that, as the great Ella Baker said, we are the leaders we’ve been looking for. I think the Democratic Party needs everybody to realize it’s time for all of us to lead,” says Cory Booker.
When directly asked about potentially leading his party out of the wilderness, Booker couldn’t even give a straight answer. Instead, he hid behind a vague platitude about “everybody” needing to lead – the political equivalent of “everyone gets a participation trophy.”
This non-answer reveals the fundamental weakness at the core of today’s Democratic Party: they refuse to take responsibility for their failures and instead retreat to meaningless progressive buzzwords. After all, if everyone’s leading, then no one is actually in charge – which might explain the chaotic mess that Democratic governance has become.
The Kamala Endorsement
Perhaps the most damning evidence against Booker’s leadership potential is the fact that Kamala Harris has endorsed his political stunt. The former Vice President, who couldn’t even maintain basic coherence during her brief presidential campaign, praised Booker by saying, “The true measure of a leader is not based on who you beat down but on who you lift up,” says Kamala Harris.
This is rich coming from an administration that has spent four years demonizing half the country as “extremists” and “threats to democracy” while their policies have beaten down working Americans with inflation and economic uncertainty.
Booker himself seems to believe his football career at Stanford somehow prepared him for political leadership, explaining his speech stamina by saying, “I learned a lot as an athlete — as most athletes will tell you, what you learn is that you can go further than you think you can.” The problem is that going far doesn’t matter if you’re heading in the wrong direction. The Democratic Party continues to double down on failed policies that Americans have explicitly rejected at the ballot box. No amount of marathon speeches or inspirational sports metaphors can change the fact that progressivism is fundamentally out of step with what voters actually want.
