Matthew deTar

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Erik Johnson |Matthew deTar

The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while disrupting Trump’s public spotlight.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Erik Johnson |Matthew deTar

Erik Johnson, Stetson University and Matthew deTar, Ohio UniversityWed, April 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM UTC6 min readSen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking, 25-hour Senate floor speech, which began on March 31, 2025, and ended on April 1, momentarily snatched the national spotlight from President Donald Trump. The ever-churning national news cycle has already moved on from the spectacle.