'Nevertheless, She Persisted' Becomes Battle Cry for Women, Liberals

"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in explaining why he silenced Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the floor of the Senate Tuesday. Now, the phrase is becoming a rallying cry for women and liberals.

During a discussion on the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as President Donald Trump's attorney general, Warren was attempting to read 30-year-old letter by Coretta Scott King that opposed the candidacy of Sessions for a federal judgeship. Warren was formally silenced and no longer allowed to speak on the topic of Sessions.

But McConnell's explanation quickly backfired as many women and liberals — including Hillary Clinton — took the opportunity to point out women in history who fought to beat the odds, and hashtags such as #LetLizSpeak and #ShePersisted gained traction on Twitter.

"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."

So must we all.https://t.co/JXROGHPNkH

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 8, 2017

For all the women they tried to silence #ShePersisted #Neverthelessshepersisted pic.twitter.com/6jdbyYmBW5

— Carol Henderson (@carollucy326) February 8, 2017

"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted" sounds like a great new rallying cry for the feminist movement.

— Nisha Chittal (@NishaChittal) February 8, 2017

"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted " is basically the story of all female progress through history

— Camila Londono (@drClondono) February 8, 2017

"Nevertheless, she persisted." Mitch McConnell just gave Elizabeth Warren the title of her autobiography, if not a line of T-shirts.

— David Simon (@AoDespair) February 8, 2017

* the sound of a million women updating their Twitter bios to read, "Nevertheless, she persisted" *

— Catherine Andrews (@candrews) February 8, 2017

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