--- description: As President Trump spoke to Congress, he could see from the rostrum a large group of female Democratic lawmakers wearing white in protest. title: See the Female Lawmakers Who Wore White to Trump's Speech image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6262ba0baac542fb/6988bc7ffb4eac4a76890f37/nancy-pelosi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Female Lawmakers Who Wore White to President Trump's Speech by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2017 2:52 AM CUT by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2017 2:52 AM CUT As [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4686336/trump-congress-address-condemn-hate-crimes/ "undefined") [spoke to Congress](http://time.com/4686621/trump-congress-address-transcript/ "undefined") for the first time, he could see from the rostrum a large group of female Democratic lawmakers [wearing white in protest](http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-why-are-the-democratic-women-wearing-1488328188-htmlstory.html "undefined"). The color is a reference to the suffragists who fought for women to have the right to vote. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [wore white](http://time.com/money/4561339/white-pantsuit-hillary-clinton-president-fashion/ "undefined") for her speech at the Democratic National Convention for the same reason, and many of her supporters [wore white](http://motto.time.com/4562665/wear-white-to-vote-hillary-clinton/ "undefined") to the polls on Election Day. “It’s really important to show that what candidate Trump said about women and the way that he has behaved toward women in the past is not an acceptable standard for a president,” Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez of California [told the Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-why-are-the-democratic-women-wearing-1488328188-htmlstory.html "undefined") about the protest. You can see how the protest looked inside the House chamber on Tuesday in the photo above. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also tweeted an image of the group beforehand: > [](https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi/status/836698632237756417) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/"},"headline":"See the Female Lawmakers Who Wore White to President Trump's Speech","datePublished":"2017-03-01T02:52:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:51.861Z","description":"As President Trump spoke to Congress, he could see from the rostrum a large group of female Democratic lawmakers wearing white in protest.","url":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","Congress","state of the union","nancy pelosi","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6262ba0baac542fb/6988bc7ffb4eac4a76890f37/nancy-pelosi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6262ba0baac542fb/6988bc7ffb4eac4a76890f37/nancy-pelosi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Delivers Address To Joint Session Of Congress","caption":"Donald Trump Delivers Address To Joint Session Of Congress","creditText":"Alex Wong—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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/","name":"See the Female Lawmakers Who Wore White to President Trump's Speech"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"As President Trump spoke to Congress, he could see from the rostrum a large group of female Democratic lawmakers wearing white in protest.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4686694/trump-congress-address-lawmakers-wear-white/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```