Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) shattered a nearly 68-year record this evening, as he spoke on the Senate floor for 24 hours and 19 minutes to protest President Donald Trump‘s tenure.

CNN, MSNBC and the BBC carried the moment, but Fox News did not.

But the attention that Booker’s speech drew on social media appeared to be something that Democrats have been craving since Trump’s return to the White House: A messenger who can break through the noise. His office said that he drew 280 million likes on his TikTok livestream.

As Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Booker had broken the record, the Senate chamber broke out in sustained applause.

“Do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud this caucus is of you? Do you know how proud America is of you?”

After the applause, Booker said to Schumer, “You asked me, ‘Did I know? I know now.” Then, he said, “I have not quite wrapped this up yet.”

He said that he would “go a little bit past this” and deal “with some of the biological urgencies I am feeling.”

Booker started at 7 p.m. ET on Monday and has held the floor since then. His marathon has been broken up only by Senate colleagues who he has given time to pose questions, a move that does not yield the floor.

The previous record was held by Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1957, who spoke for 24 hours, 18 minutes to try to block civil rights legislation.

The symbolism of a Black senator surpassing Thurmond, a supporter of racial segregation, was noted by Booker and a number of his colleagues.

“I’m not here because of a speech. I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said. “I’m here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful.”

He added, “I want to remind all of you, all of us people who believe like me, that we’ve got to redeem the dream. I turn again to John Lewis. You all know the story, my colleagues, of when the man who beat him savagely, drew blood, cracked bones. Decades later he was a congressman. That man brought his grandson with him to ask for forgiveness from John Lewis.” Lewis, Booker noted, said, “Every one of us needs mercy. Every one of us needs redemption. I hugged him. We wept, and I looked at the boy — this nation needs you too.”

As he neared the record, Booker recalled late Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who talked of stirring up “good trouble” to make an impact.

His voice still booming as the 24 hour mark approached, Booker said, “We cannot act as if these were normal times.”