Sen. Chris Murphy on Cory Booker’s Marathon Senate Speech: He’s Trying to ‘Wake Up’ His Colleagues

Wallace As you said ░░░░░░░░ colleague Senator Cory Booker ░░░░░░░░ was 21 hours or ░░░░░░░░ 21 hours and 20 ░░░░░░░░ Tell us what the ░░░░░░░░ is What happens exactly ░░░░░░░░ hours ago to send ░░░░░░░░ to the floor to ░░░░░░░░ on this extraordinary mission ░░░░░░░░ MURPHY Yeah I mean ░░░░░░░░ is heading towards what ░░░░░░░░ know could be a ░░░░░░░░ speech on the Senate ░░░░░░░░ I mean he still ░░░░░░░░ four hours to go ░░░░░░░░ break Strom Thurmond s ░░░░░░░░ but that would be ░░░░░░░░ remarkable I ve been ░░░░░░░░ him on the floor ░░░░░░░░ that entire period of ░░░░░░░░ He was there for ░░░░░░░░ when I did a ░░░░░░░░ hour filibuster in 2016 ░░░░░░░░ votes on gun violence ░░░░░░░░ I think what Corey ░░░░░░░░ trying to do is ░░░░░░░░ up his colleagues and ░░░░░░░░ a certain extent try ░░░░░░░░ focus the conversation of ░░░░░░░░ nation I know that ░░░░░░░░ s a new outrage ░░░░░░░░ single day but this ░░░░░░░░ in the Senate we ░░░░░░░░ voting on maybe the ░░░░░░░░ massive transfer of wealth ░░░░░░░░ the poor and the ░░░░░░░░ class to the rich ░░░░░░░░ the history of the ░░░░░░░░ A trillion dollars in ░░░░░░░░ to Medicaid the insurance ░░░░░░░░ that covers 24 percent ░░░░░░░░ Americans and nutrition benefits ░░░░░░░░ order to finance a ░░░░░░░░ tax cut for the ░░░░░░░░ wealthy the richest one ░░░░░░░░ of Americans And so ░░░░░░░░ get it that people ░░░░░░░░ distracted between Signalgate a ░░░░░░░░ scandal Greenland the president ░░░░░░░░ he s going to ░░░░░░░░ for a third term ░░░░░░░░ the thing that matters ░░░░░░░░ most Americans is this ░░░░░░░░ that is going to ░░░░░░░░ millions of families of ░░░░░░░░ healthcare So I think ░░░░░░░░ Booker is trying to ░░░░░░░░ this exceptional tactic commandeering ░░░░░░░░ floor for 24 hours ░░░░░░░░ a means to try ░░░░░░░░ focus Americans and our ░░░░░░░░ conversation in Washington on ░░░░░░░░ thing that matters the ░░░░░░░░ Wallace You used an ░░░░░░░░ term there at the ░░░░░░░░ trying to wake up ░░░░░░░░ colleagues and wake up ░░░░░░░░ country Do you think ░░░░░░░░ that has been achieved ░░░░░░░░ Well I mean I ░░░░░░░░ just seen you know ░░░░░░░░ many people are paying ░░░░░░░░ Last time I checked ░░░░░░░░ TikTok which is frankly ░░░░░░░░ a lot of America ░░░░░░░░ political conversation is happening ░░░░░░░░ whether we like it ░░░░░░░░ not there were upwards ░░░░░░░░ 70 million interactions That ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary That s frankly ░░░░░░░░ lot of Americans who ░░░░░░░░ not plugged into politics ░░░░░░░░ a day to day ░░░░░░░░ maybe finding out for ░░░░░░░░ first time that their ░░░░░░░░ is about to lose ░░░░░░░░ healthcare And of course ░░░░░░░░ margins are really slim ░░░░░░░░ the United States Senate ░░░░░░░░ the House of Representatives ░░░░░░░░ only have to convince ░░░░░░░░ or three Republicans And ░░░░░░░░ something that Cory said ░░░░░░░░ speaks with such moral ░░░░░░░░ will have an impact ░░░░░░░░ it has an impact ░░░░░░░░ just one Republican it ░░░░░░░░ be the difference between ░░░░░░░░ and failure.”