Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech is officially the longest on record. Here’s why he did it

Cory Booker didn’t sit down or take a bathroom break in more than 25 hours. His speech is now in the record books as the longest in Senate history. Here are highlights.

Monday night, at 7 p.m. ET, Senator Cory Booker took to the Senate floor to speak out against the policies of the Trump administration. He didn’t stop talking until shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday.