As I write this, Hakeem Jeffries is in his sixth hour of speaking against the BBB. He knows he isn’t going to persuade anyone in the room. In addition, the TV networks will, at best, run a tiny fraction of his speech on the news tonight, so he isn’t reaching the American people. What, then, is the point, and who is the audience?
As with Cory Booker’s marathon speech, I think this is an effort to prove to the blue team base that the leadership is really fighting hard on their behalf. Actually accomplishing anything in the process doesn’t seem to figure in the equation.