Cory Booker's marathon speech slams Trump on Russia ties
In the United States, there is an ongoing debate over additional military aid to Ukraine and potential negotiations with Russia. Many politicians oppose negotiating with the Kremlin. Among this group is Democratic Senator Cory Booker. In a record-length speech against Donald Trump, he called Russia a "pariah."
Cory Booker broke the record for the longest speech in the American Senate, speaking for a total of 25 hours and 5 minutes. In his extraordinarily long address, the senator criticized many of Donald Trump's actions, particularly focusing on negotiations with Russia.
According to Booker, the United States should continue to support Ukraine with humanitarian, business, and military aid. He reminded Trump that he wants to bargain away Ukraine in negotiations with the Russians.
The senator began listing Russian war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin's soldiers since 2022. He emphasized that the Russians committed a massacre in Bucha and kidnapped 19,000 children from Ukraine, taking them away from their parents.
Cory Booker mentioned that the Russians attacked civilians, schools, and hospitals. They bombed civilian targets and tortured prisoners of war, said a visibly upset Cory Booker.
Cory Booker also has no doubts about how the United States should regard Russia. He presented European Union politicians as a model to follow.
Booker after 22 hours of his speech said that considering all the atrocities committed by Russia, one might think that the United States would continue to treat Russia as an opponent and a pariah, just as other Western democracies do.
At one point, the American politician's speech was followed by over a million people online.
