After waking up to the news in early February of Mitch McConnell silencing Elizabeth Warren on the Senate floor as she attempted to read Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter, one woman was inspired. “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,” McConnell explained at the time. Whitney Parker Scully sketched out his last three words—an unintentional mantra—and posted it on her personal Facebook page. Within 24 hours, it was shared more often than she knew, adopted as profile pictures and even animated. It spread to Senator Warren and multiple political action boards, as t-shirt and even tattoo requests started to appear.
The popularity grew as social media shares reached across the nation and even to international orders. The sisters have stopped sales. They have raised over $4200 to support the America Civil Liberties Union
Scully is a freelance writer, editor and graphic designer, living in Worthington, Ohio, with her husband and sons. Leigh owns her own independent salon, Hair By Eskandalo, in South Bethlehem
