On Sunday, the day before the Republican National Convention (RNC) began, 100 naked women held up mirrors to the RNC-hosting Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland as a political statement against the anti-women rhetoric of the Republican party.

The staged protest artwork by the artist Spencer Tunick, titled "Everything She Says Means Everything," was meant to "express the belief that we will rely upon the strength, intuition and wisdom of progressive and enlightened women to find our place in nature and to regain the balance within it," Tunick wrote. "The mirrors communicate that we are a reflection of ourselves, each other, and of, the world that surrounds us. The woman becomes the future and the future becomes the woman."

Tunick, whose work often relies on large-scale human installations, has been planning this particular piece for three years. VICE reports: "Although [Tunick] says that the work was pegged to the defunding of Planned Parenthood, among other things, and that he 'assumed anyone who ran would be a nut job,' he adds that his work has taken on more meaning given how the race has panned out."

One women who participated explained why she did in a statement:

As a woman, I want to stand up for my reproductive rights. As a Hispanic, I want to be seen as a member of this community. As a first-generation American, I want to show that anyone deserves the opportunity to come here. As a young woman, I want to embrace my body and everyone else’s size and shape. As a human being, I want to stand up against Trump and other Republicans whose hateful speech towards women, immigrants, LGBT people, and all "others" is poisoning this nation.

The Huffington Post spoke to a Republican voter who participated in protest of Trump's candidacy: