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Women in white: Democratic Women's Caucus wears white at State of the Union
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📌 Key Takeaways
Democratic women wore white to protest at Trump's State of the Union
White symbolizes suffrage and opposition to attacks on women's voting rights
This continues a tradition of the caucus using symbolic attire for political statements
The caucus leader Teresa Leger Fernandez boycotted the address entirely
📖 Full Retelling
Several members of the House Democratic Women's Caucus donned white attire for President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address of his second term on February 24, 2026, in Washington D.C., using the suffrage color to symbolize their protest against attacks on women's rights and voting access. The Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Robin Kelly of Illinois, Janelle Bynum of Oregon, Sarah McBride of Delaware, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Nancy Pelosi of California, made a deliberate political statement by returning to the white color after wearing pink during the previous year's address. The color choice was specifically in response to what caucus members described as 'specific attacks on women's ability to vote' under the current administration. This year's protest continues a tradition of the caucus using symbolic attire to make political statements. In 2018, members wore black in support of the #MeToo movement, while the pink attire in 2025 was chosen to oppose certain Trump policies affecting women. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico, who leads the 96-member caucus, chose to boycott the address entirely, explaining that the color women wear 'depends on where we're at in the moment' and emphasizing that 'The Democratic Women's Caucus is wearing white both to honor that fight that women have always had and to signal we are still in the fight.'
🏷️ Themes
Political Protest, Women's Rights, Symbolic Resistance
Annual report by the president of the United States
The State of the Union address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condition of the nation. The speech generally includes reports...
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive su...
President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021.
Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the...
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