Congressman Sarah McBride (D-Del.) and dozens of his female compatriots wore bright pink outfits to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday evening.
New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D) told Time magazine that the pink costumes were supposed to signal their opposition to “Trump’s policies which are negatively impacting women and families.”
Critics have suggested that the low-effort protest ultimately served another purpose: to highlight Democratic lawmakers’ hypocrisy as well as the emptiness of their rhetoric about women.
Payton McNabb, who Trump honored in his speech and is an ambassador for the Independent Women’s Forum, told Fox News, “Last night, I thought that the pink suits and everyone matching was real cute when, of course, the day before, zero Democrats voted for the protection of women and girls, and then zero Democrats stood and applauded when I was getting recognized for my injury.”
