<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Elizabeth Warren . (Discuss) Proposed since September 2017 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged into Elizabeth Warren . (Discuss) Proposed since September 2017 . </Td> </Tr> <P> "Nevertheless, she persisted" is an expression adopted by the feminist movement, especially in the United States . It became popular in 2017 after the United States Senate voted to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren's objections to confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell uttered this sentence during comments following the vote in an effort to defend the Senate's actions and blame Senator Warren . </P> <P> The expression went viral as feminists posted it with hashtag references to other women . Conservative critics objected that comparisons between Warren and other women political activists were inappropriate . Its meaning was also expanded relating to women's persistence breaking barriers, despite being silenced or ignored . </P>

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