More than 350 million people liked Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) floor speech on TikTok live, as the senator approached 25 hours of holding the floor in the Senate chamber. By 7:07 p.m. EDT on Tuesda…

Summary

Senator Cory Booker’s speech on TikTok live surpassed 350 million likes as he stood for over 25 hours speaking in the Senate chamber.

Booker broke Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest Senate speech, which lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957 to block civil rights legislation.

  • @[email protected]English
    28•29 days ago

    Wait, TikTok users had more than 4 seconds of engagement with a 25-hour speech that wasn’t set to “oh no no no” (slowed + reverb NITECORE REMIX)

    • @[email protected]
      2•28 days ago

      Yes, TikTok users are far more than just boomer/lib memes. They don’t actually need to be attacked and banned.