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Sen. Cory Booker expands upon historic Senate floor speech for new book, 'Stand'

NEW YORK (AP) β€” Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book. β€œStand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday.
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This cover image released by St. Martin's Press shows "Stand" by Cory Booker. (St. Martin's Press via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) β€” Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon from last month into an upcoming book.

β€œStand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin's Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country's longest continuous Senate floor speech β€” just over 25 hours. The 56-year-old Booker spoke in opposition to numerous Trump administration policies, whether the desire to make Canada part of the United States or cuts to Social Security offices.

β€œThis book is about the virtues vital to our success as a nation and lessons we can draw from generations of Americans who fought for them,” Booker said in a statement.

Booker's speech broke a record set by Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a segregationist and southern Democrat who opposed of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which eventually passed.

Booker was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions on the Senate floor.

Hillel Italie, The Associated Press

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