Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and didn’t mention Gaza once. That’s no surprise | Judith Levine

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28323213

Judith Levine Tue 8 Apr 2025 08.00 EDT
"Seven and three-quarters hours into his 25-hour speech on the Senate floor, the New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker uttered the word “Gaza”. He was not talking about the war. He stepped nowhere near the 50,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli armed forces since 8 October 2023, or the US’s military and political support of the genocide.
Rather, Booker was searching for a particularly ludicrous lie from a presidential administration that has told thousands. “There are lies about USAID, like, I don’t know, 5 million condoms going to Gaza or something outrageous,” he said. Considering the other outrageous things Trump has said about Gaza – such as his plan to “clean out” the strip to make room for luxury resorts – the remark felt trivializing."

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That's not fair or accurate. The truth is actually worse. They didn't speak for 25 hours. They stood for 25 hours and took long form softball 'questions' from other senators for 25 hours. If you add up all of their speaking time it will be way way less than 25 hours. Not only did they not mention Gaza but not one of the people that helped them fill time mentioned Gaza either.