The Time a Senator Spoke for 24-Hours Straight

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  • @Hank3666able
    @Hank3666able 4 роки тому +11590

    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_ 4 роки тому +499

      Hank3666able what the fuck

    • @killergoose7643
      @killergoose7643 4 роки тому +2016

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

    • @SerpMolot
      @SerpMolot 4 роки тому +451

      @@killergoose7643 there are no term limits for congressmen.

    • @killergoose7643
      @killergoose7643 4 роки тому +112

      Красная Армия - Вперёд! I know

    • @ThomasstevenSlater
      @ThomasstevenSlater 4 роки тому +131

      Meanwhile is hell: Satan: Fine I take him.

  • @eliegbert8121
    @eliegbert8121 4 роки тому +6423

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

    • @heshiram1188
      @heshiram1188 4 роки тому +166

      "I AM THE SENATE"

    • @ImTheBluestBird
      @ImTheBluestBird 4 роки тому +15

      That is what he said yes

    • @LunarWingCloud
      @LunarWingCloud 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +3

      Хорошо работе half as interesting

    • @gogoforromeo9598
      @gogoforromeo9598 4 роки тому +2

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

  • @ericfording3556
    @ericfording3556 4 роки тому +4132

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

    • @nathanseper8738
      @nathanseper8738 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +90

      You have become the very thing you swore to destroy

    • @Gallalad1
      @Gallalad1 3 роки тому +58

      Racism man, it's one hell of a drug

    • @stanislausklim7794
      @stanislausklim7794 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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

  • @yayeggs5569
    @yayeggs5569 4 роки тому +21365

    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 4 роки тому +605

      Holy Heck All moms can.

    • @zachpatrick18
      @zachpatrick18 4 роки тому +562

      especially when youre next in line

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb 4 роки тому +347

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

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim 4 роки тому +42

      That's mom for ya

    • @DarthMakroth
      @DarthMakroth 4 роки тому +64

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

  • @crypto9718
    @crypto9718 4 роки тому +4398

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

  • @wilhelm3038
    @wilhelm3038 4 роки тому +1161

    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 3 роки тому +95

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

    • @jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039
      @jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 3 роки тому +16

      @@PsydeON it doesn’t matter

    • @rexorax9411
      @rexorax9411 3 роки тому +21

      @@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 it does to hardcore fans

    • @frozenweevil4022
      @frozenweevil4022 3 роки тому +16

      @@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039 IT DOES

    • @Armera
      @Armera 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @meroastisruined3039
    @meroastisruined3039 4 роки тому +6666

    Me explaining the bionicle lore

  • @ThatGuy-te9wh
    @ThatGuy-te9wh 4 роки тому +9284

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

    • @Kodos2024
      @Kodos2024 4 роки тому +658

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

    • @sterhax
      @sterhax 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +239

      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

    • @WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight
      @WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight 4 роки тому +7

      @Paul Tello Shut up idiot.

    • @hahabrown6596
      @hahabrown6596 4 роки тому +5

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

  • @andrescd9327
    @andrescd9327 4 роки тому +6565

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

    • @JamesJJSMilton
      @JamesJJSMilton 4 роки тому +166

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

    • @meatballmanreal
      @meatballmanreal 4 роки тому +47

      hes dead.. TEABAG!

    • @dedded1968
      @dedded1968 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +4

      Ded Ded lmaoo

    • @fatmanwalking8610
      @fatmanwalking8610 4 роки тому +13

      Pretty sure it is still Himmler

  • @Araitik
    @Araitik 4 роки тому +5573

    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 4 роки тому +514

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

    • @allenkennedy99
      @allenkennedy99 4 роки тому +83

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

    • @bitscorpion4687
      @bitscorpion4687 4 роки тому +384

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

    • @allenkennedy99
      @allenkennedy99 4 роки тому +222

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

    • @migkillerphantom
      @migkillerphantom 4 роки тому +9

      @@dominicgordon7275 that's not really a problem.

  • @samdoesvids1339
    @samdoesvids1339 4 роки тому +3618

    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 4 роки тому +73

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

    • @celestialpainter1356
      @celestialpainter1356 4 роки тому +616

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

    • @samdoesvids1339
      @samdoesvids1339 4 роки тому +427

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

    • @Embattled5211
      @Embattled5211 4 роки тому +41

      Well done Essie Mae on taking the high road.

    • @itsdebbie95
      @itsdebbie95 4 роки тому +462

      @@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.

  • @jeremiahnoar7504
    @jeremiahnoar7504 4 роки тому +555

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

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +4535

    24 hours?
    That's like 3 gaming hours

  • @wnphn7653
    @wnphn7653 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +430

      Swedes

    • @wnphn7653
      @wnphn7653 4 роки тому +1110

      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 4 роки тому +304

      @@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 4 роки тому +12

      @Águila701 well his name was actually James

    • @justnobody5527
      @justnobody5527 4 роки тому +17

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

  • @sneeznoodle
    @sneeznoodle 4 роки тому +5626

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

    • @aue2377
      @aue2377 4 роки тому +366

      nah, he's cooler for arguing for racism

    • @kennethlow2642
      @kennethlow2642 4 роки тому +576

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

    • @flamisima
      @flamisima 4 роки тому +847

      @@aue2377 whoa there pal that was pretty edgy

    • @okbro3524
      @okbro3524 4 роки тому +15

      He was cool anyways

    • @flamisima
      @flamisima 4 роки тому +79

      @Michael Collins ok Michael Collins

  • @tj-pt7fe
    @tj-pt7fe 4 роки тому +1430

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

    • @driftersed1765
      @driftersed1765 4 роки тому +87

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

    • @Verminator4
      @Verminator4 4 роки тому +141

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

    • @FrozenBusChannel
      @FrozenBusChannel 4 роки тому +28

      Nah the Bee Movie script is better

    • @somedude5422
      @somedude5422 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +18

      Read every single line of dialogue in every Bethesda game

  • @helloimarabbit4083
    @helloimarabbit4083 4 роки тому +790

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

    • @herrk9237
      @herrk9237 4 роки тому +20

      @@colbyallman gg ez your honor.

    • @halfway7690
      @halfway7690 3 роки тому +16

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

    • @kiyrukk
      @kiyrukk 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @jannah5513
    @jannah5513 2 роки тому +128

    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 2 роки тому +20

      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 Рік тому +12

      Any idea what caused that change?

    • @hunterbear2421
      @hunterbear2421 Рік тому +2

      @@deiansalazar140 aged probably like most things.

    • @patheticbread6861
      @patheticbread6861 Рік тому +2

      @@deiansalazar140 he grew up

    • @toomanyopinions8353
      @toomanyopinions8353 Місяць тому

      Switching parties means absolutely nothing, huh? The 2 parties switched ideologies. All people who identified as democrats at the time switched to identifying as republicans.

  • @clairehenry9222
    @clairehenry9222 4 роки тому +2535

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

  • @salamander405
    @salamander405 3 роки тому +222

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

  • @shantygaming694
    @shantygaming694 3 роки тому +578

    Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

  • @philguer4802
    @philguer4802 4 роки тому +170

    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."

  • @kennyalvarado9565
    @kennyalvarado9565 4 роки тому +976

    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 4 роки тому +32

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

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 4 роки тому +6

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

    • @DarthMakroth
      @DarthMakroth 4 роки тому +4

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

    •  4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому

      @Paul Tello ok :)

  • @nilnil8411
    @nilnil8411 3 роки тому +82

    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.

  • @Zx-hy9ys
    @Zx-hy9ys 4 роки тому +255

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

    • @slamwall9057
      @slamwall9057 4 роки тому +2

      I would have watched it but then rewind came out

    • @christophi065
      @christophi065 4 роки тому +3

      Thats the thumbnail

    • @ortherner
      @ortherner 4 роки тому

      7 months later

  • @aNeighbour
    @aNeighbour 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +17

      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 4 роки тому +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

  • @B0TFrosty
    @B0TFrosty 4 роки тому +157

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

  • @darksoulsman8882
    @darksoulsman8882 4 роки тому +281

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

    • @SoryRN
      @SoryRN 3 роки тому +9

      14 now

    • @edzerx
      @edzerx 3 роки тому +1

      a milk store...

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 4 роки тому +1361

    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.

    • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
      @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +187

      You are a man of wisdom

    • @commanderjonas5528
      @commanderjonas5528 4 роки тому +70

      I am fairly certain that is supposed to cover all forms of speeches... Regardless of if they are filibusters or not.

    • @metasithpajareya6469
      @metasithpajareya6469 4 роки тому +19

      Holy shit this is so accurate

    • @stanislaviliev6305
      @stanislaviliev6305 4 роки тому +89

      Guys the most important thing here is:
      Everyone would be better off without it.

    • @r3pn1xc26
      @r3pn1xc26 4 роки тому +4

      Gayest thing I read today

  • @bullmoose4561
    @bullmoose4561 4 роки тому +249

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

    • @internetperson9813
      @internetperson9813 3 роки тому +3

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

    • @letsknow3753
      @letsknow3753 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +24

      @@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.

  • @superWTF64lol
    @superWTF64lol 4 роки тому +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?"

    • @froidesprit
      @froidesprit 4 роки тому +2

      eyy!

    • @sametcekmez102
      @sametcekmez102 4 роки тому +27

      omG!1!1?!!😨😱 sAns🦴🦴 hates 👧🏿👨🏿minorities???!

    • @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413
      @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 4 роки тому +16

      @@sametcekmez102 saniggas

    • @itsdalion6612
      @itsdalion6612 3 роки тому +1

      @@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 omg he said the the sans word omg omg

  • @tan_nerd07
    @tan_nerd07 4 роки тому +112

    Imagine this guy files a filibuster and he pulls out Twilight

    • @lq7777
      @lq7777 3 роки тому +14

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

    • @LittleZbot
      @LittleZbot 3 роки тому +4

      Ah, so I see someone else is a fan of watching UA-cam 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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

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

    • @almostcertainlynotapotato6528
      @almostcertainlynotapotato6528 3 роки тому

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

  • @epsteinsmurderer5130
    @epsteinsmurderer5130 4 роки тому +311

    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 2 роки тому +14

      Uh oh pfp prepare for war my g

    • @fakefries5238
      @fakefries5238 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @Grey11s
      @Grey11s 2 роки тому +8

      @@escapefr0mslender
      Predicted the future.

    • @randomlyentertaining8287
      @randomlyentertaining8287 2 роки тому +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_ 2 роки тому

      @@randomlyentertaining8287 You admire nazis?

  • @vladimirenlow4388
    @vladimirenlow4388 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +2

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

    • @KudaTheNerd
      @KudaTheNerd 3 роки тому +2

      He was a democrat when he did this

    • @vladimirenlow4388
      @vladimirenlow4388 3 роки тому +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.

    • @Kentucky_Caveman
      @Kentucky_Caveman 2 роки тому +2

      @@vladimirenlow4388 that weak party switch 💀

    • @Whiteghost785
      @Whiteghost785 2 роки тому

      @@vladimirenlow4388 The parties never switched

  • @benjaminhinz2552
    @benjaminhinz2552 Рік тому +29

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

  • @alex_mcburney
    @alex_mcburney Рік тому +9

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

    • @Polopony20.
      @Polopony20. Рік тому +2

      Tbh this is HAI... They would.

  • @runarandersen878
    @runarandersen878 4 роки тому +107

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

    • @toofle
      @toofle 4 роки тому +6

      based bleacher

    • @Poffean
      @Poffean 3 роки тому

      @@toofle kek

  • @thegavinjackson
    @thegavinjackson 8 місяців тому +7

    4:38 recent events still support this lol

    • @The_DASHER
      @The_DASHER 5 місяців тому

      WTF HAPPENED LOL

  • @fartymarty6
    @fartymarty6 3 роки тому +24

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

  • @gogobrasil7185
    @gogobrasil7185 4 роки тому +557

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

    • @hkr667
      @hkr667 4 роки тому +28

      Not enough REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @gogobrasil7185
      @gogobrasil7185 4 роки тому +3

      @@hkr667 ?

    • @hkr667
      @hkr667 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +20

      H Kr
      *Yawn.*

    • @bLaKeAnThOnY0
      @bLaKeAnThOnY0 4 роки тому +11

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

  • @SaraBearRawr0312
    @SaraBearRawr0312 4 роки тому +122

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

  • @datboi6005
    @datboi6005 4 роки тому +22

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

  • @votekyle3000
    @votekyle3000 4 роки тому +99

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

  • @Lucaninae
    @Lucaninae 4 роки тому +169

    Filibustin' makes me feel good
    *Ghostbusters saxophone*

  • @manuelroger1035
    @manuelroger1035 3 роки тому +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 😂

  • @GregoryKarastergios
    @GregoryKarastergios 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому

      @@neues3691 I meant 248 hours in total

    • @Brooklyn-Manhattan
      @Brooklyn-Manhattan 4 роки тому

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

    • @GregoryKarastergios
      @GregoryKarastergios 4 роки тому

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

    • @Brooklyn-Manhattan
      @Brooklyn-Manhattan 4 роки тому

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

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran 4 роки тому +19

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

  • @uraveragespoonenjoyer7895
    @uraveragespoonenjoyer7895 2 роки тому +12

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

  • @jagorjurekovic1697
    @jagorjurekovic1697 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +2

      We need answers god dammit

    • @dustinmorrison6315
      @dustinmorrison6315 4 роки тому +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

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials 3 роки тому +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.

  • @hjomnk4056
    @hjomnk4056 3 роки тому +6

    **4 letter word expressing anger**

  • @Aaron_Higgins
    @Aaron_Higgins 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +11

      not on who killed him

    • @ulyssessphoenix2745
      @ulyssessphoenix2745 4 роки тому +22

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

    • @stephaniesummer2663
      @stephaniesummer2663 4 роки тому +15

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

    • @brynclarke1746
      @brynclarke1746 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +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.

  • @zarmo5045
    @zarmo5045 4 роки тому +19

    Thurmond: So anyways I started speaking

  • @ZenoDLC
    @ZenoDLC 4 роки тому +32

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

  • @nadavm.6843
    @nadavm.6843 4 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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.

  • @magicreborn3720
    @magicreborn3720 4 роки тому +58

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

  • @emperorpalpatine2721
    @emperorpalpatine2721 4 роки тому +178

    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.

  • @Mharm670
    @Mharm670 4 роки тому +384

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

    • @augustovasconcellos7173
      @augustovasconcellos7173 4 роки тому +57

      ...then it becomes even _cooler_

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 4 роки тому +12

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

    • @wilsonsilva2918
      @wilsonsilva2918 4 роки тому +32

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

    • @sylverist
      @sylverist 4 роки тому +3

      @@wilsonsilva2918 god gamers amirite?

    • @FireboltPrime
      @FireboltPrime 4 роки тому +2

      Darth Thurmond the gamer

  • @freonblast8125
    @freonblast8125 4 роки тому +12

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

  • @wsdadasdawf8384
    @wsdadasdawf8384 4 роки тому +46

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

  • @knightrider7590
    @knightrider7590 4 роки тому +16

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

  • @this_isnt_patrick
    @this_isnt_patrick 4 роки тому +10

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

  • @attackchoper97
    @attackchoper97 2 роки тому +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.

  • @apexshinbi638
    @apexshinbi638 4 роки тому +12

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

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 7 місяців тому

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

  • @ChilledBacon
    @ChilledBacon 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @napoleonbonaparte6991
    @napoleonbonaparte6991 3 роки тому +5

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

  • @Justin_Joy
    @Justin_Joy 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @LittleWhole
    @LittleWhole 4 роки тому +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 4 роки тому +1

      @@chickyismycat thank you.

    • @samuelhatfield7415
      @samuelhatfield7415 4 роки тому +4

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

    • @samuelhatfield7415
      @samuelhatfield7415 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @major_kukri2430
    @major_kukri2430 8 місяців тому +5

    Bro had a phd in yappanomics 💀

  • @fallen1219
    @fallen1219 4 роки тому +127

    epstein didn't hang himself

    • @2cawks
      @2cawks 4 роки тому +8

      But Jar-Jar should have.

    • @ItzJimz
      @ItzJimz 4 роки тому +4

      @@2cawks how dare you

    • @Rayuzan_M
      @Rayuzan_M 4 роки тому

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

    • @TimTams_64
      @TimTams_64 4 роки тому +3

      @@Rayuzan_M Google

    • @2cawks
      @2cawks 4 роки тому

      @@ItzJimz Feel free to prove me wrong.

  • @Thecoolman1
    @Thecoolman1 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @rey-yac
    @rey-yac 3 роки тому +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.

  • @donnyzimbobwe3618
    @donnyzimbobwe3618 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @Jyoshi0
    @Jyoshi0 4 роки тому +5

    Ahem, JAR JAR BINKS.

  • @ItsJamMan
    @ItsJamMan 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @uzaiyaro
    @uzaiyaro 4 роки тому +6

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

  • @johnred5267
    @johnred5267 3 роки тому +28

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

    • @GreatDivideSven
      @GreatDivideSven 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      But what was he referring to tho

    • @GreatDivideSven
      @GreatDivideSven 3 роки тому +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 3 роки тому

      Reagan getting elected was probably worse than all of those things

  • @brugmomentum1361
    @brugmomentum1361 4 роки тому +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.

  • @thattimestampguy
    @thattimestampguy 4 роки тому +3

    2:23 1957, Civil Rights Act
    3:08 No sitting, no leaning, no bathroom breaks, you just keep talking
    4:13 Berry Goldwater
    4:35 Changes
    2/3 -> 3/5
    5:30 advertisement

  • @overthinkinghooper0
    @overthinkinghooper0 3 роки тому +12

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

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 7 місяців тому

      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.

  • @井雯暄
    @井雯暄 4 роки тому +3

    3:19 “it’s all like a big mr beast video, but instead of getting 10,000 dollars if you finish, you get to be racist.”
    LMAO

  • @CMGThePerson
    @CMGThePerson Рік тому +3

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

  • @frogchip6484
    @frogchip6484 4 роки тому +5

    Strom: I can speak in front of 100 senators for 24 hours, nobody can top that!
    r/entitledparents: *observe*

  • @kensuke0
    @kensuke0 3 роки тому +2

    Dedicated to his racism for 24 hours and still got rekt

  • @VideoSuperMaster
    @VideoSuperMaster Рік тому +5

    It's kind of ironic that he had to piss his pants because he didn't want black people to be able to use the same toilets as him.

  • @lukereynolds1723
    @lukereynolds1723 2 роки тому +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

  • @The_D0C70R
    @The_D0C70R 2 роки тому +2

    Pulls out stack of papers:
    “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down…”

  • @Alex-mo6yb
    @Alex-mo6yb 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @tadstrange1465
    @tadstrange1465 4 роки тому +44

    Imagine being so viscerally racist and despicable that you’re willing to stand and whine for 24 hours straight in an attempt to prevent the curtailing of racism in law. Imagine if he was willing to fight that hard for anti-racism or the working class.

    • @spiritwolf5792
      @spiritwolf5792 3 роки тому +1

      weren't Democrats for the working class?

    • @moon_wei
      @moon_wei 2 роки тому

      That seems a Tad Strange thing for Tad Strange to say

    • @hueghh3775
      @hueghh3775 2 роки тому

      @@spiritwolf5792 Not during the civil rights movement; democrats were still *very* butthurt about 1865 during that period.

    • @everynametaken
      @everynametaken Рік тому

      @@hueghh3775 This was the era of the New Deal Coalition, Democrats were very much the working class party then.

  • @moldock40k
    @moldock40k Рік тому +2

    They need to get rid of the filibuster

  • @anzaca1
    @anzaca1 3 роки тому +3

    3:51 The rules should be changed so that the person speaking at least has to be talking about things relevant to the Bill in question.

    • @bitterlemonboy
      @bitterlemonboy 3 роки тому

      No.

    • @PParsa
      @PParsa Місяць тому

      The rules should be changed so the person speaking has to be talking about Sam from wendover

  • @RealLifeW0rld
    @RealLifeW0rld 4 роки тому +4

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

  • @simplythatguy-o6n
    @simplythatguy-o6n 3 роки тому +1

    I still can’t believe Cruz got up in front of the senate floor and read green eggs and ham. Fucking epic troll

  • @huskiefan06
    @huskiefan06 4 роки тому +7

    Strom Thurmond was a Democrat at the time. This wasn't noted in the video

  • @Kristen-lm7ck
    @Kristen-lm7ck 4 роки тому +9

    I’m literally learning this in school right now

  • @Local_commentor
    @Local_commentor 2 роки тому +3

    Me explaining all the fandoms lores I am a part of
    Skyrim
    Fallout
    GTA
    Witcher
    Marvel
    DC
    Boys
    And IRL

  • @early5326
    @early5326 4 роки тому +5

    And since I heard about this story about 1 year ago, I started practicing to be the best filibusterer in the world.

  • @pminnn
    @pminnn 4 роки тому +68

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

  • @Gilkey766
    @Gilkey766 6 місяців тому +1

    bro had stuff on his mind

  • @purplepotatoes9255
    @purplepotatoes9255 3 роки тому +3

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