Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>ps:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a> has about an hour left, and if he passes the threshold he will beat the record for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filibuster</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a></p><p>and who set the current record?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StromTurmond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StromTurmond</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> ghoul trying to stop the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a> of 1957</p><p>there's a certain poetic justice to it all</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond_filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Th</span><span class="invisible">urmond_filibuster_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957</span></a></p><p>watch Cory making history now, he's pausing, reaching to recall words, but he's still lucid and on point:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>much respect Cory</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookerFilibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerFilibuster</span></a></p>