By The Daily Wire (World News) | Created at 2025-04-02 15:05:10 | Updated at 2025-04-04 18:18:13
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Former President Joe Biden’s longtime communications director, Kate Bedingfield, tossed cold water on Senator Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) marathon speech on Tuesday, saying that it was unlikely to move the needle with regard to business as usual at the Capitol.
Bedingfield weighed in on Booker’s lengthy address — which, at 25 hours and five minutes, was the longest in U.S. Senate history — during an appearance on CNN shortly after the New Jersey senator passed the 24-hour mark, and she argued that the overall impact of the stunt was likely to be minimal at best.
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Former Biden Comms Director Kate Bedingfield on Democrat Senator Booker's speech:
"It may have a tangible impact on Senator Booker, but it won't have a tangible impact on business in Washington." pic.twitter.com/djdAM8CUtb
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) April 1, 2025
Bedingfield gave the good news first, saying that she believed Booker’s lengthy diatribe might actually pull some weight with the Democratic base and with donors, whom she said were simply waiting for someone within the party to show “signs of life.”
“The Democratic base, and Democratic donors, are looking for signs of life,” Bedingfield said. “And so what I think Senator Booker is giving them here are — some signs of life. Is it going to have a tangible impact on business in Washington? No, it’s not.”
“It may have a tangible impact on Senator Booker, but it won’t have a tangible impact on business in Washington,” Bedingfield repeated, laughing.
Bedingfield was far from the only one to mock Booker in the aftermath of his so-called “filibuster.”
Technically, Booker didn’t actually filibuster. There was no legislation under consideration for him to oppose, so he was just giving a floor speech — a record-breaking floor speech, sure, but not a filibuster. Still, that hasn’t stopped Democrats from celebrating Booker’s “filibuster,” a far cry from their condemnations of the tool.
The Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro noted, “Congrats on your official entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.”
Congrats on your official entry into the Guinness Book of World Records https://t.co/fxnM702VGa
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 2, 2025
“They went on for YEARS about how the filibuster was a relic of our racist past and tool of minority rule and an assault on democracy,” David Harsanyi posted. “Shameless.”
They went on for YEARS about how the filibuster was a relic of our racist past and tool of minority rule and an assault on democracy. Shameless. https://t.co/5r2ODobQGe
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 2, 2025
Rebecca Heinrichs from the Hudson Institute called it “The silliest participation trophy in U.S. history.”
The silliest participation trophy in U.S. history. https://t.co/zKCTzCDNWU
— Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) April 2, 2025
https://t.co/doDRYhlcB6 pic.twitter.com/70gGgQyLvu
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) April 1, 2025
“He virtue signaled for 24 hours without actually accomplishing anything. Great illustration of the modern Democrat party,” Republican communications specialist Abigail Jackson posted.
He virtue signaled for 24 hours without actually accomplishing anything. Great illustration of the modern Democrat party. https://t.co/NCKDtPmIr1
— Abigail Jackson 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) April 2, 2025
“‘And so he spoketh, and yea, though no legislation was to be voted on, and though they once proclaimed such things an abomination, they did pretend it was a filibuster. And yea, the man who once was Spartacus became like Strom.’ — Booker 24:19,” Christopher Scalia from the American Enterprise Institute added.
“And so he spoketh, and yea, though no legislation was to be voted on, and though they once proclaimed such things an abomination, they did pretend it was a filibuster. And yea, the man who once was Spartacus became like Strom.”
– Booker 24:19 https://t.co/pbyqbbRhxw
— Christopher J. Scalia (@cjscalia) April 2, 2025
