"'She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,’” Hillary Clinton wrote on Twitter, adding “so must we all.” | Getty Clinton tweets support for Warren: 'She persisted ... so must we all'

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lauded Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday for continuing to speak against the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general, joining a social media chorus in using Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s words against him.

The GOP-controlled Senate voted along party lines Wednesday evening to stop Warren (D-Mass.) from speaking because she had violated the chamber’s rules that prohibit impugning another senator. Warren was delivering remarks attacking Sessions (R-Ala.), President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, by reading aloud a letter written by Coretta Scott King in 1986, opposing Sessions appointment to a federal judgeship.


Explaining why the Republican majority had voted to silence Warren, McConnell (R-Ky.) said “she was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” Clinton use those same words in applauding Warren’s remarks.

"'She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,’” Clinton wrote on Twitter, adding “so must we all.”

Along with her typed message was a link to video of Warren reading King’s letter outside the Senate chamber that was broadcast live on Facebook. Multiple Democratic Senators also added their voices in support of Warren, reading aloud King’s 1986 letter on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Those remarks were delivered without rebuke from Republicans.