On Friday, a group of Planned Parenthood supporters stood outside House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office holding 87,000 petitions asking him not to defund Planned Parenthood. In response, Ryan sent out six security guards in order to block the delivery and also had a sign on his door that read, “Only scheduled appointments will be admitted.”

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.@SpeakerRyan's office sent 6 security guards to block delivery of 87K #IStandWithPP petitions telling Ryan not to defund Planned Parenthood pic.twitter.com/56QHwhjR2q — Planned Parenthood Action - Text WeDecide to 22422 (@PPact) January 6, 2017

This delivery comes right on the heels of an announcement from Ryan that Republicans plan to defund the organization as part of their efforts to repeal the health-care law. But after news broke that Ryan physically stopped the petitions from reaching his desk, Lady Parts Justice League, a women's non-profit, started a Facebook Live to encourage people to call their state representative and denounce Ryan's actions. They also took to Twitter to start the #PaulRyanSoScared hashtag, which quickly caught on as people began tweeting their utter disappointment:

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#PaulRyanSoScared his office phone has been "busy" for the last two days. Guess you don't want to hear from the American people @SpeakerRyan — O General My General (@rideatdawn) January 6, 2017

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#PaulRyanSoScared @SpeakerRyan Like it or not, Hillary Clinton empowered women in this country. We are not afraid of you, Paul Ryan. Try us — Tess Deco (@TessDeco) January 6, 2017

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If @SpeakerRyan is afraid of signatures, maybe @PPact needs to send him pap smear swabs, billions. #PaulRyanSoScared — Rhonda S. (@Rhonlynn) January 6, 2017

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I don't know if it was the papers that scared him or the powerful women holding them #PaulRyanSoScared — Krista (@thekristawoods) January 6, 2017

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#PaulRyanSoScared because he tried to start a fight with women then realized his boys didn't have his back. #bodyguardseverywhere — Nisreen Eadeh (@NisreenEadeh) January 6, 2017

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#PaulRyanSoScared that 5 security guards weren't enough to protect him from pacifists carrying boxes of petitions. (He needed six.) — katherine speller (@Kathriller) January 6, 2017

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#PaulRyanSoScared of women with boxes that he hires bodyguards during Girl Scout cookie season. — Marla Depew (@MarlaDepew) January 6, 2017

As of 1/7 9 a.m., this post has been updated to state the role of Lady Parts Justice League in starting the trending hashtag.

Madison Feller Madison is a staff writer at ELLE.com, covering news, politics, and culture.

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