Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) wanted to talk this week and decided to put on a show. 

The legislative entertainer did so under the guise of the latest performative act in the sequel known as the Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump’s second term. With his colleagues and fellow Party members facing record-low approval ratings near 27%, Booker decided his ability to talk for an extremely long time was the catalyst Democrats needed.

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