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US Senator Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?

By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney

US senators engage in lengthy speeches when they are losing. This is clearly what motivated Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech: a sense the Democrats are losing to Trump.

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