Senator Cory Booker received applause from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for conducting the longest filibuster in Senate history. However, critics claim that this was merely a political stunt, as Booker did not seek to block specific legislation. This event starkly contrasts with the Democratic Party's earlier efforts to eliminate the filibuster, which they described as a tool for voter suppression. Despite celebrating Booker's achievement, many Democrats had previously campaigned against the very procedural tool that Booker seemed to embrace in his lengthy speech.
"Do you know you have just broken the record?" he asked his Garden State counterpart, Cory Booker. "Do you know how proud this caucus is of you?"
Just months ago, much of Schumer's proud caucus and other top Democrats stood united behind a brazen lie as part of an effort to do away with the filibuster and push through their unpopular agenda.
The media, as a matter of course, dutifully repeated the partisan talking point.
In 2022, Schumer pressured his colleagues to do just that, while accusing the GOP of trying to implement state-level 'voter suppression laws.'
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