Blog de Dunlap: April 2025

Danielle, my friend Cory Booker stood on the Senate floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes yesterday.

He shared the testimony of some of the 69 million Americans who need Medicare and Medicaid to see a doctor or get their lifesaving prescriptions.

He gave voice to students whose future Trump is harming by dismantling the Department of Education.

He spoke for the immigrants who've been snatched off the street or from their homes by ICE, disappeared to detention centers or deported without due process.

While speaking, he broke the record previously held by Strom Thurmond for the longest floor speech of 24 hours and 18 minutes to oppose the Civil Rights Act.

As Cory shared, these are not normal times in our nation. And I agree. I joined him on the floor last night to sound the alarm on Trump and Musk's scheme to indirectly cut Social Security benefits.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are literally taking a chainsaw to our government right in front of our faces — and we can't be business as usual. There are still levers Democrats can pull — from Congressional oversight, to using procedural tactics, to leveraging the courts.

We need to fight with every tool we have to expose the corruption at play, mitigate this administration's damage, make the case for our party to adopt bold policies that support working people, and inspire voters with an alternative path forward.

Voters don't want Democrats to play dead for the next four years. This is one example of how Senate Democrats can show up — and Cory and I are going to continue to pull every lever we have to keep up this fight. If you agree with this plan, please split a contribution to support Cory Booker and our campaign.