--- description: Find out how much money 'Nevertheless She Persisted' shirts, a nod to Elizabeth Warren, rose for Planned Parenthood. title: 'Nevertheless, She Persisted' T-Shirt Sales Raise Over $250,000 for Planned Parenthood image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25099fc0d3c6324c/6988ba532dce0108909ec458/elizabeth-warren-persisted-planned-parenthood.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [motto](/tag/motto/) ## motto Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Nevertheless, She Persisted' T-Shirt Sales Raise Over $250,000 for Planned Parenthood by [Gabrielle Olya / People](/author/people/) ## Gabrielle Olya / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2017 6:37 PM CUT  U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, listens in Copley Square during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, listens in Copley Square during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order blocking visitors from seven predominantly Muslim nations in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Gabrielle Olya / People](/author/people/) ## Gabrielle Olya / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 14, 2017 6:37 PM CUT Brooklyn-based artist [Matt Rudinski](https://twitter.com/mattrudinski "undefined") created a [T-shirt baring the phrase](https://teespring.com/stores/she-persisted-2 "undefined") “Nevertheless, She Persisted” after Sen. Majority Leader [Mitch McConnell](http://people.com/celebrity/snls-establishment-shuffle-mocks-gop-partys-paul-ryan-and-mitch-mcconnell/ "undefined") used the phrase [while silencing](http://people.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-ordered-quiet-after-quoting-coretta-scott-king/ "undefined") Sen. [Elizabeth Warren](http://people.com/celebrity/5-things-to-know-about-elizabeth-warren/ "undefined") during a confirmation hearing for Sen. [Jeff Sessions](http://people.com/politics/john-lewis-black-lawmakers-testify-against-jeff-sessions-trump-attorney-general/ "undefined"). “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted,” McConnell said during the hearing. “What happened to Elizabeth Warren, when Mitch McConnell said those words, it was an [instantaneous reaction on the Internet](http://people.com/politics/let-liz-speak-outcry-after-elizabeth-warren-silenced-criticizing-attorney-general-sessions/ "undefined"),” Rudinski tells PEOPLE. “People were saying, ‘There’s the new battle cry’ or ‘That’s going to be my protest sign.’ ” Given the fervor around the phrase, Rudinski came up with the idea to put it on a T-shirt and donate 100 percent of the proceeds to Planned Parenthood. “I posted \[the T-shirt\] on Facebook that night and left it alone, thinking only a few people would buy it,” he said. “When I woke up, $1,500 had been raised without any advertising push.” Rudinski believes the T-shirt took off so quickly because many people had a strong reaction to McConnell’s words. “A lot of people saw what happened and felt like they needed to express anger,” he says. “Seeing that they could get this shirt and have all of the proceeds go to Planned Parenthood, it was a good outlet for people. It’s basically wearing a protest sign.” Rudinski has now sold over 25,000 T-shirts on his Teespring page and has raised over $250,000 for Planned Parenthood. “I know House Republicans are so eager to defund Planned Parenthood, so it just felt so perfect to me to turn his words against him and to raise money from something he said,” Rudinski explains. “Planned Parenthood is an organization I deeply believe in and want to help. It just felt like the right organization to benefit.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/bodies/nevertheless-she-persisted-t-shirt-planned-parenthood/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4670918/nevertheless-she-persisted-planned-parenthood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4670918/nevertheless-she-persisted-planned-parenthood/"},"headline":"'Nevertheless, She Persisted' T-Shirt Sales Raise Over $250,000 for Planned Parenthood","datePublished":"2017-02-14T18:37:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:48.603Z","description":"'There's the new battle cry'","url":"https://time.com/4670918/nevertheless-she-persisted-planned-parenthood/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25099fc0d3c6324c/6988ba532dce0108909ec458/elizabeth-warren-persisted-planned-parenthood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gabrielle Olya / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25099fc0d3c6324c/6988ba532dce0108909ec458/elizabeth-warren-persisted-planned-parenthood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Demonstrators Protest At Copley Square As Confusion Grips Airports Amid Courts Halt Of Trump","caption":"Demonstrators Protest At Copley Square As Confusion Grips Airports Amid Courts Halt Of Trump","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4670918/nevertheless-she-persisted-planned-parenthood/","name":"'Nevertheless, She Persisted' T-Shirt Sales Raise Over $250,000 for Planned Parenthood"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Sen. 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