Democratic lawmakers have spoken out about what they were trying to ‘signal’ by attending Donald Trump’s first joint session of Congress dressed in pink
On Wednesdays we wear… Oh wait.
Well, at Donald Trump’s first joint session of Congress yesterday (Tuesday, March 4), dozens of Democrats turned up for the 47th President of the United States’ speech wearing pink. And no, it wasn’t because they’re trying to rewrite Regina George’s rules, but protest multiple of Trump’s instead.
Fashion has long been a form of protest and the Democratic Women’s Caucus – composed of all the Democratic women in the House of Representatives – continued its championing of women’s rights by donning pink for Trump’s speech to Congress.
Of the 96 members of the caucus, dozens were present in the US Capitol’s chamber wearing items of pink clothing.
Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) – who serves New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District and is the Chair of the Caucus – told TIME members of the group wore pink to ‘signal [their] protest of Trump’s policies which are negatively impacting women and families’.
But why pink?
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers wore pink to President Trump’s first joint session of Congress (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Well, Fernández explained pink is ‘a color of power and protest’ and the group wanted to ‘rev up the opposition and come at Trump loud and clear’, explaining: “Women have worn pink in opposition to Trump before, and we will do it again.”
The Democratic Women’s Caucus later released a ‘rebuttal’ to Trump’s joint address, explaining what the group is protesting in further detail.
Shared to YouTube, the video sees Fernández slamming ‘nightmare’ Trump’s ‘lies’.
She says: “We heard President Trump lie about what his policies mean to our country. The reality? Trump is a nightmare. He is a nightmare for America’s women. And we won’t rest until we defeat the policies.
“Compare his words with the rising prices people are paying at the grocery store, in the gas station. Compare his words with your own life experience and worries.”
She resolved: “We’re protesting Trump’s policies which are devastating to women. We can’t afford groceries, he’s stealing our health care and he’s threatening our safety and security.”
Indeed, Fernández isn’t the only to protest against Trump’s stance on America’s healthcare system with lawmaker and Democrat Al Green ending up escorted out of the chamber during Trump’s address to Congress after standing up and interrupting the president in protest of his controversial cuts to Medicaid.
