It was Booker’s first in-person event in his home state since his speech this week, where he held the Senate floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes in opposition to Trump’s policies. In doing so, he broke the record for the longest floor speech, which was set by segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 31 and did not yield the floor for more than 25 hours.

Cory Booker, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, stood on the Senate floor for over 25 hours last week as he delivered what proved to be the longest speech in the chamber's history — breaking the previous record of ____ held by Strom Thurmond,