Senator Cory Booker has stunned the US political world by delivering a passionate, marathon speech on the Senate floor—now entering its 14th hour—with a mission to sound the alarm over what he deems a national crisis spurred by Donald Trump's political resurgence and billionaire Elon Musk's influence.
The dramatic, all-night monologue is drawing comparisons to Parks and Recreation character Leslie Knope, who once famously filibustered on roller skates. According to Entertainment Weekly, that episode was directly inspired by Texas politician Wendy Davis' real-life 11-hour stand against abortion legislation in 2013. Now, Booker's own protest blurs the line between fiction and reality.
