Senator Responds To Floor Speech
If you didn’t know Cory Booker back in 2018, you definitely learned his name when he declared himself the star of his own “Spartacus moment” during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Remember that? Booker tried to cast himself as some kind of heroic figure straight out of a sword-and-sandal epic. Instead, he got the political equivalent of a faceplant. And here we are, six years later, and guess what? He still hasn’t lived it down.
Cory Booker is having a complete MELTDOWN right now. pic.twitter.com/jARQ85nCXk
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 29, 2025
Fast forward to 2025, and the drama dial isn’t just up — it’s broken off. Booker’s been on a roll lately, giving long-winded, over-the-top performances that make C-SPAN feel like amateur community theater.
First, there was his 25-hour Senate floor speech in March — 25 hours! — which accomplished precisely nothing. Then came a sit-in on the Capitol steps with Hakeem Jeffries in April, which drew… well, let’s just say you could count the crowd on one hand and still have fingers left for your latte.
But Tuesday? Tuesday was special. Booker took to the Senate floor and went full Broadway, screaming about Donald Trump’s policies and berating his own fellow Democrats for not “fighting hard enough.” Which is rich, considering his party’s in the minority. What exactly does he expect them to do? Channel the Avengers?
Even his own side is wincing. Claire McCaskill, of all people, basically told him to chill out on MSNBC, pointing out that his speech was less about actually helping Democrats and more about snagging that viral moment on Morning Joe.
Joe Scarborough’s face said it all — the man looked like he’d just bitten into a lemon. And Mike Barnicle summed it up perfectly: “It’s great theater… but he’s yelling at Democrats.” When even MSNBC — MSNBC — thinks you’ve gone off the rails, that’s saying something.
Look, if Booker’s goal was to get attention, mission accomplished. But if his goal was to actually help his party? Swing and a miss. Democrats are already struggling to connect with voters, and instead of presenting solutions, here comes Spartacus 2.0 yelling into the void.