Cory Booker's anti-Trump manifesto breaks record for longest Senate floor speech

For a continuous day, the senator held the floor to condemn President Donald Trump's dismantling of the federal government via tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency task force.

"It should not be possible in America for one single man — even an elected president — to stop funds which Congress has already allocated," said Booker near the beginning of the speech on Monday evening.

Under Senate rules, an individual senator can hold the floor indefinitely but must speak continuously through that entire time without sitting down, taking a bathroom break, or otherwise leaving the floor, and can only pause to yield to other senators for questions.

Senate Majority Chuck Schumer interrupted Booker on Tuesday to let Booker know he'd broken the record.

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