Cory Booker has been filibustering for a while, but there’s no legislation that he’s stalling.

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      He’s putting a stop to everything. If he did this during the debate if a vote he’d be doing an actual filibuster and can be voted down by 60 votes, and there are Dems probably would vote him down. By doing so when not doing “anything” he stops everything.

      It’s a double edge sword here because if he did it during a debate for legislation people could say “he’s blocking legislation” but by doing so before the Senate does anything he’s stopping everything (including votes) but now there is nothing to point to.

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        2 days ago

        “if he was actually doing anything there would be enough votes to stop him” is not the argument you think it is my friend…

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          3 days ago

          He’s stopped the Senate from doing anything for a day. That’s one day down 4 years to go, but at least something happened today.

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            What were they about to do today that required them being stopped or is he just gonna be in the senate floor pissing and shitting and talking until he’s removed from office for being a guy clearly indulging in a fetish?