Welp, I guess this was inevitable. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was barred from speaking in February after she attempted to read a letter from Coretta Scott King against then-Sen. Jeff Sessions, is now selling merchandise emblazoned with the "nevertheless, she persisted" slogan. Including a pussyhat.
Yup:
elizabeth warren is selling mitch mcconnell quote hats
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) April 28, 2017
yolo pic.twitter.com/EaOVVqTb1l
Of course, people on the right rolled their eyes at this (decently belated) cash grab:
We're never losing another election. https://t.co/2NKNOs4ffB
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) April 28, 2017
First we make them take selfies with a financial services company's PR installation, then we make them wear Mitch McConnell hats https://t.co/Ia7hDtojk1
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 28, 2017
First we make them take selfies with a financial services company's PR installation, then we make them wear Mitch McConnell hats https://t.co/Ia7hDtojk1
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) April 28, 2017
xoxo - Mitch ?? https://t.co/bPptjAxfsw
— Caitlin Gallagher (@CaitGalla) April 28, 2017
@senatorshoshana Selling winter hats in the spring. Clever.
— Darin (@DJpolitique) April 28, 2017
@senatorshoshana Not even well-designed hats. The ears are so weak and tiny. And the text is darn near illegible.
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) April 28, 2017