Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent six hours before the House Oversight Committee, answering questions about a man she had no memory of meeting: Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton had fought for months not to testify, calling the subpoena to testify legally unenforceable. It did not serve any valid legislative goals. A video of this deposition was released on March 2. Clinton didn't hide her frustration, or her fight. Clinton's testimony was just the latest in a series of potent public statements by women over the past week -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit.

In all of these women's voices, we hear words of resistance. Defiance. Audacity.

Last week was a powerful one for women.

The week began, though, with a powerful man lying to them.

Trump's State of the Union

President Donald Trump's Feb. 24 State of the Union address was chock full of falsehoods. He denied that America has an affordability problem, claiming it's a "dirty, rotten lie" of the Democrats. He doubled down on the claim that voter fraud is "rampant," despite abundant evidence to the contrary. He boasted about $18 trillion in new investments from foreign countries -- numbers disputed by his own White House press office.

On everything from elections to economics to crime, Trump tried to mislead the country.

Many Democratic lawmakers said and did nothing during the address. There were notable exceptions, however, especially among women of color. U.S. Rep. Norma Torres, ID-California, held up photos of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the citizens killed by masked U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents in Minneapolis. Under each photo was a caption: "PREMEDITATED MURDER."

Tlaib yelled at Trump for killing these Americans. She also called him a liar. At one point she turned to another topic,shouting, "How about those Epstein files?"

Tlaib's question points to something missing from the State of the Union. Trump made no mention of the Epstein survivors, though some were in the audience. At a press conference, the sister of one survivor proclaimed, "Today we say to this administration and to the nation that survivors deserve to be seen. We will not be moved. We will not be silenced. And we will not go away."

These women are done being quiet.

And they aren't the only ones.

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