she was introduced by aclu president susan herman. this is 30 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you. it is my great on earth to be introducing our next speaker today, the persistent senator elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] >> as most of you know mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues did stop from reading her warnings about attorney general nominee jeff sessions on the floor of the senate, and what senator mcconnell said at the time was she was warned, she was given an explanation. nevertheless, i think you all want to say theexthree words with me -- nevertheless, she persisted. senator warren did persist and to read coretta scott king said letter to millions of people on facebook live, and mitch mcconnell smug victory lap, turned into a mean as you all know. how many of you seen that meme? habit if you've seen on the t-shirts? w many of you have the t-shirt? there you go. how many of you seen the tattoo? [laughing] i think that's a whole idea persistence is an apt description only of that moment that of e

with you this afternoon and i want to say a very special thank you to your extraordinary leader susan herman, thank you susan for all you do. i also want to give a shout out to a person who has shown deep appreciation and commitment for the fight for justice. anthony romero. anthony, wherever you are. [applause] i also know that out there we have some full from aclu in massachusetts out there. massachusetts aclu? okay. let's be blunt. our democracy is under attack. voting, and impartial judiciary, free press, the rule of law,the foundations of our democracy are under attack every single day . under attack but not lost. i look out here and i see thousands of deeply committed women and men. people of every race, gender, religion d color. people committed to building a better future. i look out here and i see donald trump's worst nightmare. [cheering] so today, i want to talk about the fight to save our democracy. why we fight and who we are fighting for. like a lot of people i started taking a lot more seriously about democracy after the 2016 election. i went to donald trump's inauguration. i

be with you this afternoon and i want to say a special thank you to your extraordinary leader, susan herman. i want to give a shout out to a person who has shown deep appreciation and commitment to the fight for justice. anthony romero. wherever you are. and i know people out there have some folks from aclu in massachusetts and aclu. all right. let's be blunt. our democracy is under attack. voting and impartial judiciary, free press, the rule of law, the foundations of our democracy are under attack every single day, under attack, but not lost. i looked out here and i see thousands of deeply committed women and men, people of every race, gender, religion and color, people committed to building a better future. i look out here and i see donald trump's worst nightmare. [applause] >> today i want to talk about the fight to save our democracy. why we fight and who we are fighting for. like a lot of people i started thinking a lot more seriously about democracy after the 2016 election. i went to donald trump's inauguration, i know a lot of people didn't but i wanted to see it with my own eyes. i

she was introduced by aclu president susan herman. this is 30 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you. it is my great on earth to be introducing our next speaker today, the persistent senator elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] >> as most of you know mitch mcconnell and his republican colleagues did stop from reading her warnings about attorney general nominee jeff sessions on the floor