Many women were clad in pink to protest regressive reproductive policies. Some lawmakers refused to attend, while others made a point of sitting front and center and then simply walking out mid-speech.

For much of the night, Democratic lawmakers sat in stony silence – a stoic move borrowed from the rich legacy of civil rights protests. Some trolled Trump with signs shaped like auction paddles reading things like [Elon] “Musk Steals.” Others wore T-shirts in defiance of tyrannical rule.