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Cory Booker's marathon speech (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Edit: expect this article to be updated as it is referring to an event that's still ongoing ( meaning it is the new record holder for longest speech in the Senate)

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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

25 hours and 5 minutes

[–] bigoljim@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the clarification. The wiki article reads as if it was a 1 hour 5 minute speech. I was very confused.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is he still going‽ What's the record?? My man, way to go NJ!