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"Nevertheless, she persisted" is basically the story of Hillary Clinton's life. And now that it's the progressive resistance's new favorite slogan, Clinton herself has endorsed the message.



In a viral tweet Wednesday afternoon, Clinton quoted those powerful words, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used on Tuesday to rebuke Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts senator was speaking out against Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, on the Senate floor when McConnell invoked a rarely used rule to silence her.

"She was warned. She was given an explanation," McConnell said. "Nevertheless, she persisted.”



Overnight, those last three words became the left's new rallying cry. It didn't take long for Clinton to get in on the action.

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"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."



So must we all.https://t.co/JXROGHPNkH — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 8, 2017

Clinton has been careful with how she's chosen to criticize Trump's agenda. In her concession speech, she urged her supporters to give him a "chance to lead," and attended his inauguration with her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Though she tweeted implicitly about the president's controversial executive order — saying "this is not who we are" — her latest tweet capitalizes on the fresh momentum of the resistance to Trump.

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