--- title: Elizabeth Warren Tells Trevor Noah Why She Read Letter description: Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared on The Daily Show and told Trevor Noah why she wouldn't stop reading Coretta Scott King's letter. canonical: https://time.com/4665280/elizabeth-warren-trevor-noah-silenced-daily-show/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-09T16:16:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:14:14.755Z article:section: Politics og:title: Elizabeth Warren Tells Trevor Noah Why She Wouldn't Be Silenced og:description: "It's a letter full of heart and its a letter full of advice to us" og:url: https://time.com/4665280/elizabeth-warren-trevor-noah-silenced-daily-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9632eef18fe10e6e/6988b97ee20a879348a940e3/elizabeth-warren-trevor-noah-daily-show-silenced-coretta-scott-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3755 og:image:height: 2112 og:image:alt: elizabeth warren trevor noah daily show silenced coretta scott king og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Elizabeth Warren Tells Trevor Noah Why She Wouldn't Be Silenced twitter:description: "It's a letter full of heart and its a letter full of advice to us" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9632eef18fe10e6e/6988b97ee20a879348a940e3/elizabeth-warren-trevor-noah-daily-show-silenced-coretta-scott-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Elizabeth Warren Tells Trevor Noah Why She Wouldn't Stop Reading Coretta Scott King's Letter > Sponsored content. 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Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, waits to participate in a television interview in the Russell Senate Office building rotunda in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Feb 9, 2017 4:16 PM UTC Sen. [Elizabeth Warren](http://time.com/4642418/womens-march-elizabeth-warren/) appeared on _The Daily Show_ Wednesday night and told Trevor Noah why [she wouldn’t stop reading](http://time.com/4663578/elizabeth-warren-jeff-sessions-coretta-scott-king-senate/) Coretta Scott King’s letter on the Senate floor Warren was silenced on the floor of the Senate when [she tried to read a letter that Coretta Scott King](http://time.com/4663871/democratic-senators-elizabeth-warren-coretta-scott-king-letter/), the widow of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in about Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the time of his failed 1986 judicial nomination. When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell [made her stop](http://time.com/4663698/elizabeth-warren-rule-xix-history/), she continued reading the letter on a live stream outside the chamber. “It’s a letter full of heart and its a letter full of advice to us. It talks about a moment in history when African Americans were beaten away from the polls, and it talks about Jeff Sessions’ role in that,” Warren said on the show. “I think that it has an important lesson today for all of America.” **Read More:** [The Fistfight Behind the Rule That Silenced Elizabeth Warren, as Described in 1902](http://time.com/4663698/elizabeth-warren-rule-xix-history/) Since she was silenced, many have rallied around Warren using McConnell’s wording, “[She persisted](http://time.com/money/4663703/nevertheless-she-persisted-elizabeth-warren-tshirt/).” When Noah asked Warren whether she or McConnell realized at the time “what a solid he’s done you,” Warren didn’t comment on his statement. “Look, the main thing is that millions of people are now reading Coretta Scott King’s letter,” she had told him earlier. 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