Elizabeth Warren was unfairly silenced by the GOP, so Twitter is speaking up on her behalf

Last night, a Republican-dominated Senate silenced Senator Elizabeth Warren during a confirmation debate over federal judge nominee Jeff Sessions.

Warren read a letter written 30 years ago by Loretta Scott King, the widow of the late Martin Luther King Jr., pointing to Sessions as a human blockade to African-Americans in his district.

“‘Mr. Sessions has used the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens in the district he now seeks to serve as a federal judge,'” Warren quoted, on-subject. After all, isn’t that what confirmation hearings are for? Y’know, a discourse on the nominee?

The Republican response? Irrational distress, of course. What else? So they silenced her.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell charged that Warren violated Senate rules by challenging another senator, pushing just a little too hard. Funny, I can’t see the same thing happening if [insert male senator here] was reading a quote by [insert white male here] on the Senate floor.

But even if Warren did “go too far” (give me a fucking break) how else are you going to bring social change without pushing boundaries? This attitude is exactly why Warren is consummate feminist warrior of our lifetime, and why we back her up every time.

But her shutdown doesn’t mean we’re silenced. If anything, the Senate debacle has fueled the fire and a major backlash is erupting across social media.

LOUDER.

DO U FEEL THE HEAT, BOYS?!

WE ARE LITERALLY NOT SCARED.

COME AT US.

#LetLizSpeak