Deep thanks to voices of truth like that of Faisal Khan. It is indeed infuriating that Cory Booker spent hours talking and without any mention of the genocidal slaughter of Palestinians, the criminal abductions and imprisonments happening here in the states, and all that Faisal Khan illuminates here in this piece. And now Booker was one of many Democrats who just voted to send 8.8 billion dollars more to Israel in the midst of what is likely the worst phase of this already insane genocide. So profoundly disturbing and unacceptable. We need to expose, call out, and primary all those who continue to be complicit with genocide and the annihilation of a whole people and their land. — Molly
To Blue Democrats Supporting Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Senate Speech:
Shameful. Insensitive. Inconsiderate. Insulting.
At a time when over 66,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered, when thousands more remain buried under rubble, when children are being amputated without anesthesia, when women are giving birth without medical aid, when food, water, and electricity have been cut off by Israel with the support of United States and NATO, when medical workers are being massacred and buried in mass graves with latex gloves still on their hands—your celebration of a 25-hour Senate speech is nothing short of grotesque.
This is not democracy. This is a cult-like glorification of performative politics. Blind allegiance to a party that refuses to hold itself accountable is no different from the extremism you claim to oppose. Cory Booker, a US senator who has accepted nearly a million dollars from AIPAC, an organization funding the occupation and systematic oppression of Palestinians, is not a hero. He is an enabler of genocide.
I have met Cory Booker. I have looked him in the eye and confronted him about the genocide unfolding in Palestine. He shook my hand but did not shake his conscience. His was the expression of a man entirely detached from the human suffering caused by his actions, his votes, and his political alliances. And yet, many of you rally behind him for a hollow marathon speech that changes nothing—except to provide a convenient distraction from the real atrocities he continues to support.
Why are we where we are today? Why does Trumpism persist? Why do we feel the looming shadows of fascism? Because Democrats paved the way. Because this exact kind of behavior—this kind of blind loyalty to an establishment that continuously enables war, oppression, and corporate control—has eroded any real moral foundation the party once claimed to have. You wonder how we got here? Look in the mirror. Look at the way you celebrate a man who has endorsed and enabled genocide rather than holding him accountable. Look at how you silence those who demand justice rather than challenging the establishment that created this mess.
This is not the behavior of a party that claims to stand for democracy. This is not the behavior of a movement committed to human rights. You are not the people of justice; you are the people of hypocrisy. While students protesting for Palestinian lives are being abducted, while migrants are being detained in his state of New Jersey, while human rights activists are being smeared, while Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims are being slaughtered—many of you have the audacity to celebrate theatrics on the Senate floor.
Democrats have not only allowed but fueled the attacks on our rights, our freedoms, and the very fabric of our so-called democracy. It is this very cult-like mentality—where you bow down to party leaders without question—that has made space for the normalization of dehumanization, demonization, and bigotry. The hate against immigrants, refugees, Muslims, Arabs, Black and Brown communities—this did not emerge from nowhere. It was enabled by a Democratic Party that talks about justice but refuses to practice it. A party that claims to fight for the marginalized while taking money from the very institutions that oppress them.
In 2024 Cory Booker stood in his office and took a photo with Yoav Gallant—a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court for the starvation of children, for ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians. This is who you defend. This is who you celebrate.
If you continue to align yourselves with those complicit in war crimes, you are no better than them. And if my criticism of Booker and the Democratic Party’s complicity offends you, then I invite you to leave my space. Because I will not be silent while history repeats itself.
Shame on you. Shame on the Democratic establishment. And shame on every single politician and activist who prioritizes performative politics over Palestinian lives.
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