Booker says it ‘irked’ him that Thurmond held previous record to ‘stop people like me from being in the Senate’

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday he was determined to surpass Sen. Strom Thurmond’s (R-S.C.) prior record for longest Senate floor speech in history, saying it “irked” him that the late se…

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Author: Sarah Fortinsky