Cory Booker, who took hold of the Senate floor Monday night and held onto it Tuesday as he railed against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda, once found common ground with the president during his first term.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”

The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Booker spoke for 25 hours and 4 minutes, approximately 46 minutes longer.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking filibuster put him in the history books and gave other Democrats a voice against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on fundamental rights of all Americans.

As Democratic Sen. Cory Booker neared Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech in Senate history Tuesday night, the typically sparsely filled viewing galleries above the Senate floor grew packed.

Many Democrats, including in Mr. Booker’s home state of New Jersey, reveled in his stamina and moxie as he assailed President Trump in the longest Senate speech on record.

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After Senator Cory Booker's record-breaking speech, a voice actor, speech-language pathologist, and physician weigh in.

Senator Cory Booker’s record-breaking speech—an “ oratorical marathon ” and a “ feat of political endurance ,” according to reporters—was nearly an hour longer than Strom Thurmond’s 1957 attempt to filibuster the Civil Rights Act.