In a social media post on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz threatened to pull the fire alarm on the Senate floor in response to U.S. Senator Cory Booker approaching his 21-hour filibuster record.  The Texas Senator did not pull the alarm,

Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon ... Responding to his record being broken, Cruz posted a meme of Homer Simpson crying on social media. Throughout his determined performance ...

Democrats denounced the Senate filibuster as a racist relic of Jim Crow, now that they’re in the minority and Cory Booker deploys it? Nevermind.

The lawmaker who's been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump's Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term.