Protesters read Coretta Scott King letter outside McConnell’s house

Protestors gathered Friday night outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) home in Louisville to read Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter against new Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The letter rose to controversy earlier this week when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tried to read it ahead of a floor vote on Sessions’s confirmation. McConnell led a GOP vote to bar her from speaking.

{mosads}“Sen. Warren was giving a lengthy speech,” McConnell explained. “She had appeared to violate the rule. She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”

The phrase by McConnell has since been turned into a “feminist rallying cry.”

According to reports, about 400 protesters gathered Friday night to read the letter by King. They shared their experience on social media sites, with the #LetterToMitch and #LetLizSpeak. 

Sign at #LetterToMitch demonstration pic.twitter.com/CqAORGlZCF

— ForwardKY (@ForwardKy) February 10, 2017

#LetterToMitch crowd outside Mitch McConnell’s residence Inn Louisville Kentucky pic.twitter.com/WiG2O2bVa5

— Nathaniel Gardner (@tkdcoach) February 10, 2017

#LetterToMitch outside his home in Louisville. We are persistent. Let LizSpeak. Thanks Parents for Social Justice pic.twitter.com/kDAsZGRwt7

— Lynda Clark (@lynclark) February 11, 2017

Bedtime story for Mitch…Coretta’s letter #LetterToMitch pic.twitter.com/9RCrEMq6EG

— Earth Church (@earthlou) February 11, 2017