In the United States, the elected Democrat Cory Booker made a monologue of more than twenty hours in the Senate to protest against the policy of Trump-Liberation

An interminable one man show. Since Monday March 31 at 7 p.m. (1 a.m. Tuesday in Paris), the hemicycle of the American Senate has been taken hostage. The assailant is called Cory Booker and has only his word as his word, which he uses to protest against politics «  »unconstitutional»» by Donald Trump. “I get up with the intention of disturbing the normal activities of the United States Senate as long as I am physically capable of. I get up this evening because I sincerely believe that our country is in crisis ”the elected Democrat of New Jersey said on Monday to start her very long pleading.

Twenty -one hours later, at 10 p.m. in Paris, 3 p.m. in Washington, Cory Booker was still standingthe relatively fresh complexion, black jacket on the perfectly knotted shoulders and ties, to make the hundred steps on stage while criticizing the actions and the declarations of Elon Musk and Donald Trump. His democratic colleagues helped him to hold by posing pseudo-compacts to allow him to blow.

« In just 71 days, the President of the United States inflicted so much damage to the security and financial stability of the Americans, on the very foundations of our democracy »said Cory Booker said at the start of his intervention. « These are not normal times in the United Stateshe added visibly moved, And they should not be treated as such. « 

Tuesday morning, the Democrat spoke of the fears that Donald Trump does not undermine or dismantle the US Social Security :: « I tell you, I’m going to fight for your social security, I’m going to fight to protect this agency, I will fight against unnecessary budget cuts that harm the service it provides. »

If Cory Booker has embarked on such an operation, it is because the internal regulations of the upper Chamber of the Congress allow any senator to monopolize the word, provided you remain standing, without taking a break. Tactics are nicknamed « filibuster« , Word derived from French » Flibustier « : it is equivalent to a hacking of the closing of the debates. However, his speech does not represent an attempted obstruction because no law is being voted. But the marathon of this former American football player seriously disturbed the activities of the Senate on Tuesday.

The rules are strict: impossible to sit or take a break for natural needs. The only respite allowed is that of the voice, since another senator can take the floor to ask a question-sometimes itself very long-to the elected representative to the desk.

The longest speech record is held by the South Carolina senator Strom Thurmondin 1957, which defended racial segregation. He had held twenty-four hours and eighteen minutes. In 2013, Republican Senator Ted Cruz spoke more than twenty -one hours to challenge the reform of the Barack Obama health system.

Tuesday evening at 10 p.m. Paris time, Cory Booker was therefore three short hours from the longest speech record in the history of the American Senate.