Why some Democratic congresswomen will wear white to Trump's State of the Union
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Key Points:
- More than a dozen Democratic congresswomen plan to wear white during President Trump's State of the Union address as a political statement supporting women's voting rights, continuing a tradition started in 2017.
- The Democratic Women's Caucus views the color white as a symbol honoring the suffragists' fight for voting rights and signaling ongoing resistance to recent attacks on women's ability to vote.
- This year's sartorial protest responds to the Republican-led House's passage of the SAVE America Act, a strict voter ID bill criticized by Democrats for potentially disenfranchising millions, including women who changed their last names after marriage.
- Some Democratic members will attend the State of the Union, while others will participate in the "People's State of the Union" rally organized by Move
