Booker’s epic 25-hour speech in the U.S. Senate is a rallying cry for America.

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    I can still remember when Cory Booker blocked cheaper drug imports from Canada on some bullshit about how they don’t have acceptable safety standards, and I still think of him as the Senator from the pharmaceutical industry. I do not trust him and the physical feat of the filibuster was a superficial one that accomplished absolutely nothing. It was a virtue signaling performance.

    • prince of space@lemm.ee
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      10 days ago

      This was my exact reaction too. Supposedly he stopped taking pharmaceutical money but he still takes lots of other corporate money. While I was searching, an AI summary said he was a business friendly progressive which seems like an oxymoron to me.

      But whatever. I like performative over submissive.