The Time a Senator Spoke for 24-Hours Straight

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  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert8121 Před 4 lety +6363

    "In an extemely un-senate move, the senate took action"

    • @heshiram1188
      @heshiram1188 Před 4 lety +165

      "I AM THE SENATE"

    • @ImTheBluestBird
      @ImTheBluestBird Před 4 lety +15

      That is what he said yes

    • @LunarWingCloud
      @LunarWingCloud Před 4 lety +82

      @@ImTheBluestBird the point of quoting it is to emphasize that the Senate does not budge much anymore and thus, it is not like them to take action

    • @thatgoodstuff1986
      @thatgoodstuff1986 Před 4 lety +3

      Хорошо работе half as interesting

    • @gogoforromeo9598
      @gogoforromeo9598 Před 4 lety +2

      I read this comment right as I got to that part in the video

  • @yayeggs5569
    @yayeggs5569 Před 4 lety +21329

    this is nothing, my mom can talk for atleast 2 months 27 days and 4 hours straight with a friend at the store

    • @TheRandomRedSoxGuy
      @TheRandomRedSoxGuy Před 4 lety +603

      Holy Heck All moms can.

    • @zachpatrick18
      @zachpatrick18 Před 4 lety +561

      especially when youre next in line

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb Před 4 lety +347

      Holy Heck especially when you left your game running because she said it’ll be quick

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim Před 4 lety +42

      That's mom for ya

    • @DarthMakroth
      @DarthMakroth Před 4 lety +63

      Well my mum can speak for at least 4 months 29 days and 7 hours with a friend

  • @andrescd9327
    @andrescd9327 Před 4 lety +6526

    Well, seems like we finally found out who is the CEO of racism.

    • @JamesJJSMilton
      @JamesJJSMilton Před 3 lety +166

      sorry the true ceo of racism is actually everybody
      we all racist and were all proud
      get wit it

    • @meatballmanreal
      @meatballmanreal Před 3 lety +47

      hes dead.. TEABAG!

    • @dedded1968
      @dedded1968 Před 3 lety +258

      Racism is like a business, it is never truly gone. There will be a new executive put into place.
      *And that executive will be me*

    • @Joe-gv4zn
      @Joe-gv4zn Před 3 lety +4

      Ded Ded lmaoo

    • @fatmanwalking8610
      @fatmanwalking8610 Před 3 lety +13

      Pretty sure it is still Himmler

  • @wilhelm3038
    @wilhelm3038 Před 3 lety +1129

    it is now someone elses turn to speak. he pulls out a hefty stack of papers and clears his throat.
    *ahem*
    by all known laws of aviatio-

    • @PsydeON
      @PsydeON Před 3 lety +94

      Bruh you didnt even get the first word of the bee movie right, it's "according to all known laws of aviation"

    • @jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039
      @jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 Před 3 lety +15

      @@PsydeON it doesn’t matter

    • @rexorax9411
      @rexorax9411 Před 2 lety +21

      @@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 it does to hardcore fans

    • @frozenweevil4022
      @frozenweevil4022 Před 2 lety +15

      @@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 IT DOES

    • @Armera
      @Armera Před 2 lety +7

      @@rexorax9411 there are hardcore fans…
      Of… the bee movie?

  • @Hank3666able
    @Hank3666able Před 4 lety +11519

    What's hard to believe is that he was 55 when he gave his filibuster in 1957, and he was still a US senator at the age of 100 in 2003

    • @ToriKo_
      @ToriKo_ Před 4 lety +500

      Hank3666able what the fuck

    • @killergoose7643
      @killergoose7643 Před 4 lety +1995

      List of things Strom Thurmond hates:
      1. Civil rights
      2. Term limits

    • @SerpMolot
      @SerpMolot Před 4 lety +445

      @@killergoose7643 there are no term limits for congressmen.

    • @killergoose7643
      @killergoose7643 Před 4 lety +111

      Красная Армия - Вперёд! I know

    • @ThomasstevenSlater
      @ThomasstevenSlater Před 4 lety +129

      Meanwhile is hell: Satan: Fine I take him.

  • @meroastisruined3039
    @meroastisruined3039 Před 4 lety +6655

    Me explaining the bionicle lore

  • @ericfording3556
    @ericfording3556 Před 4 lety +4096

    I'm not gonna lie, speaking for 24 hours straight is some SERIOUS dedication even though it still failed

    • @nathanseper8738
      @nathanseper8738 Před 3 lety +317

      Yes, but when you consider Thurmond had an interracial affair with a black maid, who would be underaged by our standards, the man oozes hypocrisy.

    • @ericfording3556
      @ericfording3556 Před 3 lety +90

      You have become the very thing you swore to destroy

    • @Gallalad1
      @Gallalad1 Před 3 lety +58

      Racism man, it's one hell of a drug

    • @stanislausklim7794
      @stanislausklim7794 Před 3 lety +44

      I don't like the guy's racism, but I have to give the guy respect for also staying on topic for the most part, unlike Huey Long. The goal is supposed to be trying to convince the other side, instead of just bashing them or wasting valuable time.

    • @idorandomstuff2478
      @idorandomstuff2478 Před 3 lety +27

      @@ANSELAbitsxb holy shit this is comment reeks of brain worms lmao, u can think a race of people are inferior/don’t deserve to mingle with white people while also being sexually attracted to said race dumbass why do u think slave owners raped/had affairs with their house slaves? stop trying to spin this into some racially charged welfare queen argument, strom was a ***RACIST*** who thought blacks didn’t deserve to mingle with whites end of mf story

  • @jeremiahnoar7504
    @jeremiahnoar7504 Před 3 lety +541

    Teacher: well you better say something, this counts for 20% of your grade.

  • @crypto9718
    @crypto9718 Před 4 lety +4384

    8 year old me with my mum in the supermarket when she meets an old friend.

  • @ThatGuy-te9wh
    @ThatGuy-te9wh Před 4 lety +9260

    Weird story to tell at a party: "I spoke for 24 hours straight, fueled by the power of racism."

    • @Kodos2024
      @Kodos2024 Před 4 lety +660

      "dude, you were so drunk last night.. you went on a 24 hour racist rant"

    • @sterhax
      @sterhax Před 4 lety +422

      He really was fueled by it. Literally days of preparing his body to go ham on the senate floor. Too bad it was for the worst shit

    • @patrickhiggins5970
      @patrickhiggins5970 Před 4 lety +238

      This man was an absolute legend tho. He was a major army general serving from 1924-1964. He was the only dixiecrat to switch parties in 1964 and become and anti-racist. He also had a biracial daughter when ever he made this filibuster. He served in Senate until he was 100 years old from 1956-2003. He also was governor of south Carolina for a minute. He ran for president and did decent. Overall he was a badass

    • @greatsageequaltoheaven8115
      @greatsageequaltoheaven8115 Před 4 lety +7

      @Paul Tello Shut up idiot.

    • @hahabrown6596
      @hahabrown6596 Před 4 lety +5

      Lil Reg Lmao dude paul reported my comment and got it deleted

  • @sneeznoodle
    @sneeznoodle Před 4 lety +5605

    Man, this guy would be cool if he was arguing _against_ racism.

    • @aue2377
      @aue2377 Před 3 lety +363

      nah, he's cooler for arguing for racism

    • @kennethlow2642
      @kennethlow2642 Před 3 lety +574

      he was standing on the wrong side of history. but his willpower and tenacity should be reconized

    • @flamisima
      @flamisima Před 3 lety +844

      @@aue2377 whoa there pal that was pretty edgy

    • @okbro3524
      @okbro3524 Před 3 lety +15

      He was cool anyways

    • @flamisima
      @flamisima Před 3 lety +78

      @Michael Collins ok Michael Collins

  • @shantygaming694
    @shantygaming694 Před 3 lety +570

    Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

  • @Araitik
    @Araitik Před 4 lety +5548

    Plot twist : Strom Thurmond had a child with his family's maid, who happened to be African-American.
    She was born in 1925.
    The guy LITTERALY had a biracial daughter aged 32 when he made that speech.
    I mean, he paid for her college and everything in secret, but damn.

    • @dominicgordon7275
      @dominicgordon7275 Před 4 lety +511

      The guy also had his daughter with a 16 year old.

    • @allenkennedy99
      @allenkennedy99 Před 4 lety +83

      Well, 32, but yeah that's pretty funny ngl

    • @bitscorpion4687
      @bitscorpion4687 Před 4 lety +382

      Well South Carolina wouldn't vote him if he wasn't racist.

    • @allenkennedy99
      @allenkennedy99 Před 4 lety +220

      @@bitscorpion4687 That's the 60's Democrats for ya

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom Před 4 lety +9

      @@dominicgordon7275 that's not really a problem.

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun Před 4 lety +4533

    24 hours?
    That's like 3 gaming hours

  • @salamander405
    @salamander405 Před 2 lety +214

    Watching a real politician in a real congressional debate recite green eggs and ham is probably the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen

  • @jannah5513
    @jannah5513 Před 2 lety +122

    my dad was strom thurmond’s personal assistant in the late 80’s and has told me that in his later years of his life(70ish-100), he had a completely different attitude than what he was expecting. apparently he strongly stood for human rights and encouraged my dad to be more open minded. makes me happy to hear that he knew where to put his head in the last 3rd or his life. not to mention he was known for switching parties in 1964 lol

    • @josephwodarczyk977
      @josephwodarczyk977 Před rokem +19

      That's honestly beautiful and I'm so happy he learned from his mistakes. We've all had cringey phases, and he got past his.

    • @deiansalazar140
      @deiansalazar140 Před rokem +11

      Any idea what caused that change?

    • @hunterbear2421
      @hunterbear2421 Před rokem +1

      @@deiansalazar140 aged probably like most things.

    • @patheticbread6861
      @patheticbread6861 Před rokem +1

      @@deiansalazar140 he grew up

  • @samdoesvids1339
    @samdoesvids1339 Před 4 lety +3620

    Six months after Thurmond died at the age of 100 in 2003, his mixed-race, then 78-year-old daughter Essie Mae Washington-Williams (1925-2013) revealed he was her father. Her mother Carrie Butler (1909-1948) had been working as his family's maid, and was either 15 or 16 years old when 22-year-old Thurmond impregnated her in early 1925. Although Thurmond never publicly acknowledged Essie Mae Washington, he paid for her education at a historically black college and passed other money to her for some time. She said she kept silent out of respect for her father and denied the two had agreed she would not reveal her connection to Thurmond. His children by his marriage eventually acknowledged her. Her name has since been added as one of his children to his memorial at the state capitol.

    • @1994CPK
      @1994CPK Před 4 lety +73

      So he definitely wasn't a racist and this video is lies

    • @celestialpainter1356
      @celestialpainter1356 Před 4 lety +616

      @@1994CPK just because he had sex with a black women doesn't mean that he wasn't racist.

    • @samdoesvids1339
      @samdoesvids1339 Před 4 lety +428

      @@1994CPK He raped his black maid...if this is your best claim to not be a racist you probably are a racist.

    • @Embattled5211
      @Embattled5211 Před 4 lety +41

      Well done Essie Mae on taking the high road.

    • @zee-star-system
      @zee-star-system Před 4 lety +463

      @@neues3691 Even if it was consensual, that doesn't change the fact he wanted to keep that hidden from the public at any cost. That should stand for something. Also you'd have to stretch really far to claim that this action was not racially motivated.

  • @tj-pt7fe
    @tj-pt7fe Před 4 lety +1426

    When I become senator, I'm going to read the transcript of this video during a filabuster.

    • @driftersed1765
      @driftersed1765 Před 4 lety +87

      When Im a senator next to you ill remember this and laugh

    • @Verminator4
      @Verminator4 Před 4 lety +141

      Bonus points if you include the skillshare shilling at the beginning and end

    • @FrozenBusChannel
      @FrozenBusChannel Před 4 lety +28

      Nah the Bee Movie script is better

    • @somedude5422
      @somedude5422 Před 4 lety +31

      @@FrozenBusChannel Bee Movie script, the transcript of this video, World War Z book, and the scripts for each episode of TWD Season One would be better.

    • @MrFusion
      @MrFusion Před 4 lety +18

      Read every single line of dialogue in every Bethesda game

  • @philguer4802
    @philguer4802 Před 3 lety +168

    Bureaucracy at its finest.
    "Do we really need this law?"
    "Pff,no political body would be as stupid as to put a obviously loopholed law over common sense."

  • @nilnil8411
    @nilnil8411 Před 3 lety +79

    Talking straight for 24 hrs without even washroom breaks to stop a Bill takes something more than just passion, in this case it was racism.

  • @wnphn7653
    @wnphn7653 Před 4 lety +5592

    Strom Thurmond: *speaks for 24 hours*
    Bill Meier, the Texas senator who holds the world record for longest fillibuster: *laughs in 43 hours*

    • @lleppala
      @lleppala Před 4 lety +430

      Swedes

    • @wnphn7653
      @wnphn7653 Před 4 lety +1105

      Also want to point out that, unlike the US senate, Texas senators have to stay on topic while speaking in a filibuster, which makes it even more impressive.

    • @quitebad459
      @quitebad459 Před 4 lety +303

      @@wnphn7653 not really. The filibuster is just plain idiotic and prevents the senate from doing their job and so even if they're forced to stay on topic all their doing is getting in the way of a vote.

    • @ydunduntalmud705
      @ydunduntalmud705 Před 4 lety +12

      @Águila701 well his name was actually James

    • @justnobody5527
      @justnobody5527 Před 4 lety +17

      Like pal Its like you didnt even read longest 24 hour filibuster.

  • @helloimarabbit4083
    @helloimarabbit4083 Před 4 lety +789

    "And THAT sir is why my client didn't kill that woman."
    "Sir this is a breaking and entering trial."
    "Oh."

    • @herrk9237
      @herrk9237 Před 3 lety +21

      @@colbyallman gg ez your honor.

    • @halfway7690
      @halfway7690 Před 3 lety +16

      @@colbyallman But could his long lost identical twin have killed the woman?
      Checkmate

    • @kiyrukk
      @kiyrukk Před 3 lety +5

      @@halfway7690 Sir, are you going to order your food?

  • @B0TFrosty
    @B0TFrosty Před 4 lety +155

    When you really want to hit the word limit on a essay but end up overdoing it

  • @bullmoose4561
    @bullmoose4561 Před 4 lety +248

    I suspect Goldwater helped him out just so Thurmond would shut up for a few minutes.

    • @internetperson9813
      @internetperson9813 Před 3 lety +3

      That's why I'd prefer running for House.

    • @letsknow3753
      @letsknow3753 Před 2 lety +5

      Goldwater was republican and thurmond was democrat but both were agnaist civil rights thats why he helped thurmond later was a republican .

    • @MrMackievelli
      @MrMackievelli Před 2 lety +25

      @@letsknow3753 Goldwater wasn't against civil rights, he was against some parts of the bill he still voted for it and was a member of the NAACP. Thurmond was straight up against the 1957 CRA.

  • @aNeighbour
    @aNeighbour Před 4 lety +1150

    Goldwater voted FOR the bill. He "helped" the racist guy by letting him bend the rules a little bit for physical needs, but he wasn't trying to stop the bill.

    • @christianmoore7109
      @christianmoore7109 Před 4 lety +84

      Honestly, the only thing that would've been worse than a butthurt racist guy ranting is a butthurt racist guy ranting while also wetting his pants.

    • @g_e_o_m9369
      @g_e_o_m9369 Před 4 lety +52

      Don't let facts get in the way that only one party of one senator, not even the one in title of the video, was mentioned.
      Good job in trying to turn your comment section into a cesspit HAI, expected better frankly.

    • @dndboy13
      @dndboy13 Před 4 lety +47

      apologies for length, is started writing and well;
      Barry was an interesting, sometimes hard to pin down guy sometimes from what I've read, admittedly which isnt very much. He supported the cvil rights bills of 1957 and 1960, and supported civil rights efforts in Phoenix, but didn't want that known publicly. His later opposition to the civil rights bill in '64 may have been based partly as he said he felt it infringed on state sovereignty, But '64 was an election year, and Barry was a runnin'; opposition to a federal civil rights bill and 'state sovereignty' are like two words that would Southern Democrats falling for him head over heels. (though to be honest, if he wasnt running and he still had the same concerns about sovereignty as his reason for opposing the bill, i might believe Barry was being a bit more genuine than some people on that topic considering his own track record. full disclosure, i kinda like Barry even though im not totally in agreement with him on some things, he was a uh, colourful dude)
      The parties from up until I wanna say like around the latter 1970s or so (but don't quote me on that timeline), were also a lot less, uh, ideologically hemonogized? There tended to be left and right leaning wings in both parties, and in the South, you had Southern Democrats and they ruled the roost in the down yonder. From 1876 to 1964 (if what i just skimmed is correct and i read it right), Arkansas always voted Democrat in presidential elections, for example. The shift to the more recent conceptions of Rep and Dems to Righties and Lefties, has sorta left both parties sharing only the names of their earlier counterparts.
      tl;dr, gosh uh, Southern Dems in the 50s and 60s were racist? barry was complicated? man i dunno

    • @furadice973
      @furadice973 Před 4 lety +16

      democrats are media darlings. republicans are shunned.
      barry goldwater was an interesting man with uncompromising principal, which also meant that he let down the progressive angle.

    • @pissguzzler9604
      @pissguzzler9604 Před 4 lety +65

      @@bobsmith-ui8uw wow guys Democrats being racist in the sixties? Who could have guessed? It's almost like the party he was in doesn't matter to the video

  • @clairehenry9222
    @clairehenry9222 Před 4 lety +2539

    Who tf is Philly Buster and why does everyone hate him so much 🙄🙄🙄

  • @alex_mcburney
    @alex_mcburney Před rokem +9

    I read the title as the 24th longest filibuster, and was so confused why he was talking about a random filibuster

  • @tan_nerd07
    @tan_nerd07 Před 4 lety +112

    Imagine this guy files a filibuster and he pulls out Twilight

    • @lq7777
      @lq7777 Před 3 lety +14

      No need. Nowadays (with 5000 page bills), they could filibuster for days on end just reading the actual bill.

    • @LittleZbot
      @LittleZbot Před 3 lety +4

      Ah, so I see someone else is a fan of watching CZcams videos with millions of views, stealing their jokes, transforming them into "original" comments, and hoping nobody will notice.
      Well, regardless of the circumstances, it's always nice to see a fellow fan of Studio C.

    • @almostcertainlynotapotato6528
      @almostcertainlynotapotato6528 Před 3 lety +3

      @@LittleZbot Exactly what I thought the moment I saw this comment...
      But this comment is still a better love story than twilight...
      BTW, did you buy Adam's new book? He just wrote and released one...

    • @LittleZbot
      @LittleZbot Před 3 lety

      @@almostcertainlynotapotato6528 Haven't had the pleasure yet. Is it good?

    • @almostcertainlynotapotato6528
      @almostcertainlynotapotato6528 Před 3 lety

      @@LittleZbot I'm poor and waiting for an online giveaway

  • @Zx-hy9ys
    @Zx-hy9ys Před 4 lety +256

    true fans will remember when this was titled "The 24-hour Longest Filibuster in History"

  • @darksoulsman8882
    @darksoulsman8882 Před 4 lety +280

    This is light work my dad is talking at the milk store for 13 years and counting

  • @fartymarty6
    @fartymarty6 Před 2 lety +22

    im so glad he put himself through that torture just to be racist, only for the bill to still be passed

  • @superWTF64lol
    @superWTF64lol Před 4 lety +243

    "You see, one of these turns, you're just going to pass the bill"
    "So, i've decided... It's never going to be your turn. Ever."
    "Even if it means standing here, talking to you, until the end of time."
    "Capiche?"

  • @kennyalvarado9565
    @kennyalvarado9565 Před 4 lety +979

    Thurmond: *pushes body to breaking point for 24hrs to prevent civil rights*
    Civil Rights: *happens anyway*
    Losing trombone from Price is Right: *Plays*

    • @Pantsinabucket
      @Pantsinabucket Před 4 lety +32

      Thurmond: also has a secret black daughter and is related to Al Sharpton.

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp Před 4 lety +6

      Yea, but he still fucked over a lot of people, even if only temporarily.

    • @DarthMakroth
      @DarthMakroth Před 4 lety +4

      @@LividImp he wasted a lot of people's life

    •  Před 4 lety +16

      Well, historically the US is one of the best countries at preventing or curtailing civil rights. Look at the anti-abortion freaks: They bomb clinics, murder doctors, assault people.
      In any sane country they would've had their majority membership mopped up for being terrorists or funding and harbouring, but in the US they get to deliver the vice-president and the electoral contribution of this threat is crucial for most conservatives.
      And lately they have succeeded at abusing decentralised government authority to pass all kinds of bills that restrict women's right to autonomy.

    • @amanaje4743
      @amanaje4743 Před 4 lety

      @Paul Tello ok :)

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 Před 4 lety +1360

    A filibuster speech is like a girl's skirt.
    If it is too long, people don't take interest in it, if it's short, it will fail to cover the subject.

  • @benjaminhinz2552
    @benjaminhinz2552 Před rokem +27

    "Fuck casual racism, time to get competetive" -- This guy probably.

  • @epsteinsmurderer5130
    @epsteinsmurderer5130 Před 4 lety +310

    Honestly, I admire his passion. His heart is in the wrong place, but I’d want this dude on my side in politics. It’s a shame that he was fighting for something clearly wrong

    • @escapefr0mslender
      @escapefr0mslender Před 2 lety +14

      Uh oh pfp prepare for war my g

    • @fakefries5238
      @fakefries5238 Před 2 lety +5

      @@escapefr0mslender wait that sounds more like a war threat than a warning due to the time that's passed

    • @Grey11s
      @Grey11s Před 2 lety +8

      @@escapefr0mslender
      Predicted the future.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 Před 2 lety +17

      Exactly. You can still admire and respect someone's dedication and passion for something, even if that something was wrong. For example, the sheer tenacity of Germans, both in the Wehrmacht and SS, during WW2. Even though it was clear they were going to lose, they still fought harder than anyone could've expected in their situation and did remarkably well. Their fighting spirit deserves respect. What they're fighting for doesn't.
      Sadly, the world isn't as grey as it used to be.

    • @statueofgod_
      @statueofgod_ Před 2 lety

      @@randomlyentertaining8287 You admire nazis?

  • @runarandersen878
    @runarandersen878 Před 4 lety +106

    Another fact: He had a child with his black maid in 1925...

  • @votekyle3000
    @votekyle3000 Před 4 lety +99

    If you haven’t heard the song, Vanilla Ice Cream, you should.
    “STROM THURMOND!!!”

  • @datboi6005
    @datboi6005 Před 4 lety +22

    "I am.......
    *24 hours later*
    *Yawn* The Senate...."

  • @ZenoDLC
    @ZenoDLC Před 4 lety +32

    Not a good cause, but you can't deny, that's one passionate man...

  • @Lucaninae
    @Lucaninae Před 4 lety +169

    Filibustin' makes me feel good
    *Ghostbusters saxophone*

  • @gogobrasil7185
    @gogobrasil7185 Před 4 lety +558

    Hmmmm, he didn''t say that senator was racist enough times. I'm beginning to think he's endorsing him....

    • @hkr667
      @hkr667 Před 4 lety +28

      Not enough REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @gogobrasil7185
      @gogobrasil7185 Před 4 lety +3

      @@hkr667 ?

    • @hkr667
      @hkr667 Před 4 lety +22

      @@gogobrasil7185 REEEEEEEE is like internet slang for people losing it because others aren't (re)acting like they think they should be (re)acting to stuff like racism.

    • @miniena7774
      @miniena7774 Před 4 lety +20

      H Kr
      *Yawn.*

    • @bLaKeAnThOnY0
      @bLaKeAnThOnY0 Před 4 lety +11

      DejaVoodooDoll apparently you can also never tell when someone’s joking

  • @vladimirenlow4388
    @vladimirenlow4388 Před 3 lety +70

    SC native here, and my mom met Strom Thurmond once. It was in the late 1990s, and he put in an appearance at our small town's annual Labor Day parade. Before taking his appointed place waving from the back of someone's classic convertible, he and his aides put in an appearance at a meet-and-greet at the town hall. He briefly flirted with my mother (the town clerk) before suddenly and insistently declaring he had to pee. One of his aides responded, "Now, Senator, I thought I told you to go before we left the hotel..."
    Sen. Thurmond's senility was an open secret in our state by then. (One of my high school classmates put forth the theory that Strom Thurmond had actually died about ten years previously and been replaced by a particularly elaborate Muppet.) But people still kept sending Strom back to Washington, not just because they shared his -racist- conservative values, but because his seniority and the positions he held--three times as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, plus chair of the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees at various points--gave our relatively small, poor state an outsize amount of influence.

    • @brandannix8711
      @brandannix8711 Před 2 lety +2

      Also an SC native here...and I approve this measage

    • @KudaTheNerd
      @KudaTheNerd Před 2 lety +2

      He was a democrat when he did this

    • @vladimirenlow4388
      @vladimirenlow4388 Před 2 lety +12

      @@KudaTheNerd Correct, that was back when the Republicans were the liberals and the Democrats were the conservatives. That distinct got a bit muddled in the 60s and 70s, and now it's the opposite.

    • @OldDanTucker
      @OldDanTucker Před 2 lety +2

      @@vladimirenlow4388 that weak party switch 💀

    • @Whiteghost785
      @Whiteghost785 Před 2 lety

      @@vladimirenlow4388 The parties never switched

  • @hjomnk4056
    @hjomnk4056 Před 3 lety +6

    **4 letter word expressing anger**

  • @SaraBearRawr0312
    @SaraBearRawr0312 Před 4 lety +121

    In the words of Alternate History Hub and The Cynical Historian:
    WILSONNNNNNNNN!!!!

  • @GregoryKarastergios
    @GregoryKarastergios Před 4 lety +10

    In Canada there was something similar. In 1998 when the Ontario provincial government tried to merge the 6 cities of Metropolitan Toronto into one city, the opposition proposed 13 000 amendments to the bill which each named a street in Metropolitan Toronto that the government would have to consult for feedback on the merger. In total, the voting process took 248 hours, but it didn't stop the merger bill.

    • @GregoryKarastergios
      @GregoryKarastergios Před 4 lety

      @@neues3691 I meant 248 hours in total

    • @Brooklyn-Manhattan
      @Brooklyn-Manhattan Před 4 lety

      What were the cities called. I know about York, but what were the other 5?

    • @GregoryKarastergios
      @GregoryKarastergios Před 4 lety

      @@Brooklyn-Manhattan
      Toronto
      York
      East York
      North York
      Etobicoke
      Scarborough

    • @Brooklyn-Manhattan
      @Brooklyn-Manhattan Před 4 lety

      @@GregoryKarastergios
      Thank You. Didn't realise one of them was already Toronto.

  • @thegavinjackson
    @thegavinjackson Před 5 měsíci +4

    4:38 recent events still support this lol

  • @uraveragespoonenjoyer7895
    @uraveragespoonenjoyer7895 Před 2 lety +12

    My mom at the store: finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran Před 4 lety +19

    He just kept talking and talking in one long unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic it was really quite hypnotic...

  • @Mharm670
    @Mharm670 Před 4 lety +384

    Man a 24 hour filibuster sounds so politically cool until you realize it was fueled by hate

    • @augustovasconcellos7173
      @augustovasconcellos7173 Před 4 lety +57

      ...then it becomes even _cooler_

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 Před 4 lety +12

      Yes... let the hate flow through you...

    • @wilsonsilva2918
      @wilsonsilva2918 Před 4 lety +32

      I mean, how do you expect someone to talk non-stop for 24 hours if they aren't using gamer energy?

    • @sylverist
      @sylverist Před 4 lety +3

      @@wilsonsilva2918 god gamers amirite?

    • @FireboltPrime
      @FireboltPrime Před 4 lety +2

      Darth Thurmond the gamer

  • @manuelroger1035
    @manuelroger1035 Před 2 lety +15

    In austria our vice Primeminister once held a speech in the parliament for 12 striaght hours because he didn't want to go home to his wife 😂

  • @wsdadasdawf8384
    @wsdadasdawf8384 Před 4 lety +46

    me trying to convince mom my brother was the one that watched porn on the family computer:

  • @zarmo5045
    @zarmo5045 Před 4 lety +19

    Thurmond: So anyways I started speaking

  • @magicreborn3720
    @magicreborn3720 Před 4 lety +58

    What about leslie knope's filibuster, she did that while wearing skates

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials Před 3 lety +16

    Ah, yes, when you run out of arguments, just speak nonsense for the longest possible amount of time until they either forget about it or you finally give up (most likely). Good strategy.

  • @emperorpalpatine2721
    @emperorpalpatine2721 Před 4 lety +177

    I mean... Even though he had a racist speech and all, let’s recognize his effort and determination, I do not have the patience to talk for 10 minutes, neither 24 hours.

  • @Aaron_Higgins
    @Aaron_Higgins Před 4 lety +233

    Jeffrey Epstein isn't really a controvertial subject, as far as I've seen everyone is pretty much in agreement on that subject

    • @wav2806
      @wav2806 Před 4 lety +11

      not on who killed him

    • @ulyssessphoenix2745
      @ulyssessphoenix2745 Před 4 lety +22

      Yeah, some blame Hillary Clinton for it other Trump, but I think he was choking himself while jacking off.

    • @stephaniesummer2663
      @stephaniesummer2663 Před 4 lety +15

      Honestly I think it might have been another prisoner or the guards themselves. Pedos aren’t exactly respected in prison

    • @brynclarke1746
      @brynclarke1746 Před 4 lety +12

      @@stephaniesummer2663 For sure Trump or Clinton didn't personally strangle him, but the guard who did it likely didn't do it for free

    • @ulyssessphoenix2745
      @ulyssessphoenix2745 Před 4 lety +28

      @@brynclarke1746 oh come on, Trump can barely sting arm Ukraine in secret, and Hillary thought having email on a private server was secure. They aren't smart enough.

  • @nadavm.6843
    @nadavm.6843 Před 4 lety +32

    I assume this is only for the federal government because theres a longer one in the Texan legislator, at least thats the longest one I know at 43 hours

    • @nadavm.6843
      @nadavm.6843 Před 3 lety +1

      @Eugene Kendrick I assume that some left at some points to get food or use the restroom because I don't know of rules that require you to be present at a hearing or a debate. Now if you want to vote you need to be there (or at least had to in the past) so I can't tell you the specifics because I do not know but my guess is that not everyone sat through the whole thing.

  • @attackchoper97
    @attackchoper97 Před 2 lety +9

    The fillibuster actually has its roots in ancient Rome where debate had to be suspended at sundown because that was the rule for some reason so senators could just talk until then to stall a bill.

  • @Jyoshi0
    @Jyoshi0 Před 3 lety +5

    Ahem, JAR JAR BINKS.

  • @jagorjurekovic1697
    @jagorjurekovic1697 Před 4 lety +38

    4:40 "...I would say that's the grossest thing anyone has ever done there but we all know that's not true"
    I don't need sleep, I need answers!

    • @evilconcarne5560
      @evilconcarne5560 Před 4 lety +2

      We need answers god dammit

    • @dustinmorrison6315
      @dustinmorrison6315 Před 4 lety +1

      Holy s**t it's hard to pick. I learned some real stuff today. www.ranker.com/list/wild-things-on-the-floor-of-congress/aaron-edwards

  • @fallen1219
    @fallen1219 Před 4 lety +128

    epstein didn't hang himself

    • @2cawks
      @2cawks Před 4 lety +8

      But Jar-Jar should have.

    • @ItzJimz
      @ItzJimz Před 4 lety +4

      @@2cawks how dare you

    • @Rayuzan_M
      @Rayuzan_M Před 4 lety

      WHO IS EPSTEIN? I've seen this Epstein comments for too many times

    • @TimTams_64
      @TimTams_64 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Rayuzan_M Google

    • @2cawks
      @2cawks Před 4 lety

      @@ItzJimz Feel free to prove me wrong.

  • @Justin_Joy
    @Justin_Joy Před 4 lety +4

    Perhaps a debate is not won by ones arguments, but by ones endurance

  • @ChilledBacon
    @ChilledBacon Před 3 lety +5

    Still nothing compared to parents lecturing you on the effects of video games

  • @knightrider7590
    @knightrider7590 Před 4 lety +16

    Last time I was this early, Wendover was still making aviation videos. Ohh wait...

  • @freonblast8125
    @freonblast8125 Před 4 lety +12

    And of course JAR JAR BINKS! THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH

  • @napoleonbonaparte6991
    @napoleonbonaparte6991 Před 3 lety +5

    Principals: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

  • @overthinkinghooper0
    @overthinkinghooper0 Před 3 lety +12

    I feel bad for the people who had to listen to him talking for 24 hours.

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 Před 4 měsíci

      A lot of them probably left to take breaks at various points. I don’t think every senator is required to stay for the whole filibuster.

  • @apexshinbi638
    @apexshinbi638 Před 4 lety +12

    I can’t imagine explaining my point for OVER 24 HOURS and still not getting what I want😂

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 Před 4 měsíci

      I almost feel bad for him. He was in the wrong, but he put so much effort into it.

  • @this_isnt_patrick
    @this_isnt_patrick Před 4 lety +10

    *senator talks for 24 hours straight*
    Rest of the senate: Yeah, no. We fell asleep so good bye. We’re doing it.

  • @Thecoolman1
    @Thecoolman1 Před 4 lety +3

    "So anyways, i got a little bit carried away there, so lets get back to the main point"

  • @brugmomentum1361
    @brugmomentum1361 Před 4 lety +4

    He may not have been fighting on the right side, but you have to give him credit for the dedication he had. He even kept on topic the entire time, most politicians these days (In both Parties) can’t even do that most of the time.

  • @uzaiyaro
    @uzaiyaro Před 4 lety +6

    This is why I love question time here in Australia. You have a minute, and that’s it.

  • @rey-yac
    @rey-yac Před 3 lety +10

    Interestingly or uninterestingly enough Strom Thurmond was a friend of my family. It's unfortunate that he was against civil rights. A way that Strom Thurmond was able to stand up for 24 hours straight was because he was physically fit. He went jogging for exercise before it was a popular thing to do, and he always took the stairs.

  • @CMGThePerson
    @CMGThePerson Před rokem +3

    This guy can say "I can do this all day" and back it up

  • @lukereynolds1723
    @lukereynolds1723 Před 2 lety +4

    My dad spent part of his teenage years in Washington D.C and was a senate page for Thurmond. Cool to see this story on this channel

  • @Kristen-lm7ck
    @Kristen-lm7ck Před 4 lety +9

    I’m literally learning this in school right now

  • @RealLifeW0rld
    @RealLifeW0rld Před 4 lety +4

    The British House of Lords in 2005 kept debating for 32 hours on a bill.

  • @donnyzimbobwe3618
    @donnyzimbobwe3618 Před 4 lety +6

    *homie does a bump of the booger sugar* “Yo let’s jus talk for like 24 hours... I’ll start”🥶

  • @ItsJamMan
    @ItsJamMan Před 3 lety +6

    Senator: Talking for 24 hours
    Average Gamer: Those are rookie numbers

  • @johnred5267
    @johnred5267 Před 3 lety +28

    “The grossest thing that has ever happened here”... wait till he hears about Jan 6th

    • @GreatDivideSven
      @GreatDivideSven Před 3 lety +1

      Ditts. The listing presidential candidates supporters using force to invade the us capital building....
      (Someone hit me up for an argument here)

    • @bballkid7409
      @bballkid7409 Před 3 lety +7

      That was one of the most beautiful days what are you talking about? Are you defending the US govt? How sick of a person must you be? No country in the history of the world has caused more damage to others than the US govt. aww did nancy Pelosi get scared and pee her diapers? Did poor Mitch McConnell have to lock himself in an office like a dog? That’s good! At least they didn’t have their houses, families, friends all bombed for doing nothing, like they have done for years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years to the rest of the world, that would be real karma for those fuckers.
      I’d bet you would have worn a brown shirt in 1940s Germany.

    • @mcig98
      @mcig98 Před 3 lety

      But what was he referring to tho

    • @GreatDivideSven
      @GreatDivideSven Před 3 lety +1

      @@glub1381 "ditto". To January 6th incident leading from the president using heresy and conjecture and misleading a mob to force its way into the nations capital proceedings with weapons.

    • @boozecruiser
      @boozecruiser Před 3 lety

      Reagan getting elected was probably worse than all of those things

  • @pepperoni2493
    @pepperoni2493 Před 4 lety +19

    We’re forgetting about city counsil woman leslie knope

    • @grrrrr171
      @grrrrr171 Před 4 lety +2

      Tony. Jpg I came here looking for that

  • @weegeeismad9298
    @weegeeismad9298 Před 2 lety +1

    “Like I said, Jack!”

  • @pre-debutera6941
    @pre-debutera6941 Před 3 lety +45

    *Not so fun fact: Strom Thurmond was a senator until 2003*

    • @yipingcuiv
      @yipingcuiv Před 3 lety +7

      Pre-Debut Era The guy even had secret daughter, with a 15 yo black girl.

    • @olliedwards8069
      @olliedwards8069 Před 3 lety +4

      @@yipingcuiv His wife was also 43 years younger than him.

  • @pminnn
    @pminnn Před 4 lety +68

    This man spoke for 24 hours, fuelled by his hatred of minorities

  • @purplepotatoes9255
    @purplepotatoes9255 Před 3 lety +3

    I thought it said the 24th longest filibuster in history and thought you all had a 24 episode series

  • @Isaiah.
    @Isaiah. Před 3 lety +1

    I am so glad this was randomly recommended to me.

  • @AimlessSavant
    @AimlessSavant Před 3 lety +1

    And this is why the Fillibuster needs to be outlawed practice.

  • @Alex-mo6yb
    @Alex-mo6yb Před 4 lety +4

    Finally a topic I know, this is the only time I've ever used APUSH knowledge

  • @jaybirdslams1
    @jaybirdslams1 Před 4 lety +4

    There’s a high school named after Storm Thurmond in South Carolina lol

  • @kensuke0
    @kensuke0 Před 3 lety +2

    Dedicated to his racism for 24 hours and still got rekt

  • @Ryan_Metzelar
    @Ryan_Metzelar Před 3 lety +2

    You mentioned all the forbidden topics at once at the beginning

  • @L_mattox
    @L_mattox Před 4 lety +3

    The man who all teachers look up to.

  • @LittleWhole
    @LittleWhole Před 4 lety +42

    HAI: *Puts religion as one thing to never talk about*
    Also HAI: *An accident, just like the universe, life, and everything*
    Comments section: *doesn't become a minefield of controversy*

    • @chaoticsilver8442
      @chaoticsilver8442 Před 4 lety +1

      @@chickyismycat thank you.

    • @samuelhatfield7415
      @samuelhatfield7415 Před 4 lety +4

      @@chickyismycat You shouldn't be afraid to speak out for the truth, despite what the reply to you says.

    • @samuelhatfield7415
      @samuelhatfield7415 Před 4 lety +3

      @@chickyismycat I suppose the world is pretty rotten, but don't let that make you give up the truth, at least.

  • @old_account189
    @old_account189 Před 4 lety

    The man was an absolute unit.

  • @safepancake7551
    @safepancake7551 Před 3 lety +2

    The transitions in hai are pure gold

  • @twintimeproductions8700
    @twintimeproductions8700 Před 3 lety +31

    Thurmand's 24 hr. filibuster: The most pointless speech in history.

  • @VictorLima-mv4ni
    @VictorLima-mv4ni Před 4 lety +3

    Great umbilical cord on 1:46. Very soothing

    • @clray123
      @clray123 Před 4 lety

      Not for the former owner.

  • @z3noth3
    @z3noth3 Před 3 lety +1

    I don't think I've ever watched a Half as Interesting or Info-graphics Show before 11pm, it's always one of those videos I watch late at night

  • @dillonlee4595
    @dillonlee4595 Před 2 lety

    "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."