Booker Senator: The biggest mistake made by the Democratic Party is “not to focus enough people”

The biggest mistake made by the Democrats is “not to focus enough people,” Senator Cory Booker, Dn.J., said Sunday.
“Many people voted for Donald Trump because they trusted him and they didn’t trust that the Democrats could deliver them,” Booker told the ABC presenter “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos. “We are in a state in which, again, the Democratic Party should possess. We partially feel this way so that this demagogue rises to the position, and therefore, the way we deal with that, the way we ran from those mistakes, is to make more the focus of the US voices, American people in our conversation and our approach, do not focus on politics, focus on people.”
Booker Marathon’s speech 25 and 4 minutes that ended Tuesday night broke the longest speech record on the Senate’s floor. Booker protested by the national “crisis”, said President Donald Trump and advisor Elon Musk created. He exceeded the registration established by Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibusized the Civil Rights Law for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957.
During the speech, Booker said that Democrats should do better.

Senator Cory Booker talks to ABC News about ‘this week’ April 6, 2025.
ABC News
“I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I have been inappropriate so far,” Booker said Tuesday. “I confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess that we must all look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better'”.
Booker told Stephanopoulos that the action he tried to inspire his speech should not be confused with partisan policy.
“It’s not about the Democratic Party, I’m sorry,” Booker said. “The Democratic Party is weaker when worried about the party. It is stronger when you are concerned about people, when it is bigger and broader than any narrow political analysis. This is the time for Americans to intense.”
Tens of thousands of “hands outside” protesters recovered in more than 1,200 cities throughout the country on Saturday to speak against the Trump administration cuts to the Federal Labor Force and other policies, according to the organizers.
“I am grateful, especially yesterday, for solidarity with millions of Americans who are really determined, although they are tired, to continue fighting,” Booker said.
Here are more outstanding aspects of Booker’s interview:
Booker on the rates Trump announced this week
Stephanopoulos: Let’s talk about some of the problems that Americans respond, including, of course, rates. You listened to Kevin Hasset before on the program. He said there may be a certain increase in prices, but it will be worth it. Your answer?
Booker: God bless Kevin, but I have never seen an administration in my life to do something so monumentally bad and how surprisingly the Americans are hurting. I have been listening to all day yesterday, of the scared Americans who have saved for their entire life, for retirement in the coming months, but now they know they can’t because at once, Donald Trump has devastated his retirement accounts, his 401 (k) s … This president is pressing, once again, a plan to destroy basic services to give greater and greater tax cuts to the Weatchy. So, the chaos that he has unleashed in the United States, the financial insecurity that he has contributed to the lives of people, this is not what promised people, and I think he will go to a president who has the first first 100 days in the last century of any president who has taken that position.
Booker about law firm and universities led by administration
Stephanopoulos: “You also saw Jon Karl’s article on the president’s remuneration campaign, promised to be the remuneration during the campaign. We are seeing these movements against universities. We are seeing these movements against law firms. You took the floor of the Senate to protest. What should these law firms and universities do?
Booker: “Well, first of all, you are calling for remuneration, but it is something much worse than that. If you look around the world, from Viktor Orban to Vladimir Putin, this is not what democratic leaders do. This is really a violation of our constitutional principles or that is using that power of that office, not to advance to noble causes that US people could help them or not, that is what is what is what is what is what is what is what it is what is what it is, what is what is what it is, what is what it is what is what a president is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is what is what it is, That makes it a president, which makes it a president, is what makes it a president, which makes him a president, is what makes him a president, is what makes him a president, is what makes him a president.