The leadership may not want to listen to TX women, but they will have to listen to me. I intend to filibuster this bill. #SB5 #txlege
— Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) June 25, 2013
Something special is happening in Austin tonight: http://t.co/RpbnCbO6zw #StandWithWendy
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 26, 2013
CLEAR EYES. FULL HEARTS. LET US CHOOSE. #TXLEGE #STANDWITHWENDY
— Amy McCarthy (@aemccarthy) June 26, 2013
No food. No water. No bathroom break. No sitting. No leaning. #SB5. What kinda al qaeda hell-hole has Texas become. #Horrible.
— amk4obama (@amk4obama) June 26, 2013
Clap your hands if you believe in Wendy! #StandWithWendy
— sjcarl (@sjcarl) June 26, 2013
From CNN
Wendy Davis -- the 50-year-old Democrat who stood and spoke for 13 hours Tuesday at the Texas Capitol -- went from being a teen mom to graduating from Harvard Law School.
She began working after school at age 14 to help support her single mother and three siblings, according to her campaign website. "By 19, Wendy was a single mother herself, working two jobs to make ends meet in hopes of creating a better life for her young daughter."
She pursued community college, then transferred to Texas Christian University. With the help of scholarships and loans, she graduated first in her class. She went on to graduate with honors from Harvard Law at the age of 33.
She also had a second daughter.
While standing during the filibuster, Davis wore pink running shoes. It was unclear whether the color was chosen because anti-abortion Republican feminists have been referred to as "pink elephants." In 2010, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke of a "stampede of pink elephants," promising a movement of GOP women against abortion.
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About nine hours down for @WendyDavisTexas filibuster. Four more hours to go. #SB5 #txlege
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 26, 2013
Are you watching Senator @WendyDavisTexas now? History! #TXlege #SB5 #filibusterwatch #gowendygo @AbortTheocracy
— John Lundin (@johnlundin) June 25, 2013
#StandWithWendy they shut her down! Tell Texas to #LetHerSpeak
— The Women's Watch (@NatlWOW) June 26, 2013
Remember when Rand Paul filibustered, and broke Senate rules about no food on floor by eating candy bar he hid at desk? #StandWithWendy #SB5
— RiskyLiberal (@RiskyLiberal) June 26, 2013
I bet Rand Paul got a bathroom break during #Filibuster - but in Texas we're back to Norma Rae conditions #StandWithWendy
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) June 26, 2013
I just want midnight to come just to see the apoplexy on the faces of anti-choicers at this point.
— Douglas Williams (@DougWilliams85) June 26, 2013
Texas filibuster rules can only be changed on Mondays in May when the creek crests and the moon is full. #gowendygo #sb5
— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) June 26, 2013
State troopers removing people from Senate gallery as chanting "let her speak" continues #txlege #SB5
— Becca Aaronson (@becca_aa) June 26, 2013
In the Third World nation of Texas the ruling fundamentalists have called in police to disperse human rights demonstrators. #standwithwendy
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) June 26, 2013
Gallery erupts in cheers as a Democratic Senator challenges the ruling of Republican Lt. Governor Dewhurst. #StandWithWendy
— Travis Radina (@TravisRadina) June 26, 2013
The heart of the Texas debate is whether women are equal citizens of the United States or the property of Men. #standwithwendy
— FogBelter (@FogBelter) June 26, 2013
84,000 watching online #StandWithWendy
— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) June 26, 2013
.@CecileRichards joins the crowd in #txlege gallery, watching @WendyDavisTexas stand strong. #sb5 #standwithwendy pic.twitter.com/zQnQpcCKqj
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) June 25, 2013
"Rulings related to germaneness are all over the place." #KirkWatson #TxLege #LetHerSpeak #StandWithWendy
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) June 26, 2013
You're not germane! You're not germane! This whole system is not germane!
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) June 26, 2013
Run the clock Sen. Kirk Watson. Just speak slowly sir. Run the clock. 39 minutes left. #StandWithWendy #SB5 #TXLege
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 26, 2013
Sen. Kirk Watson (D) says tonight is the "worst night that I've experienced" in Senate, maybe in public life. #standwithwendy
— jennifer bendery (@jbendery) June 26, 2013
Wendy Davis update: STILL STANDING
— Chris Jackson (@ChrisCJackson) June 26, 2013
Damn. Now more than 122,000 watching #TXlege
— jasoncherkis (@jasoncherkis) June 26, 2013
This is the same legislation that Paul Ryan and the GOP want to pass for the entire country. Remember that in 2014 #StandWithWendy
— Rick S (@gratepool) June 26, 2013
The Texas Legislature can't even decide who's allowed to talk. But we want them setting ground rules for uteri. Yep. #standwithwendy #p2
— Devin (@devbost) June 26, 2013
Just donated to Texas Tribune to thank them for being the ONLY MEDIA OUTLET to cover #sb5. Honestly. Donate here: https://t.co/WtTbpP7n1Y
— rachel karin popkin (@arrkay) June 26, 2013
CNN is discussing blueberry muffins and scones. Not joke.
— Jay F. Hicks (@jayfhicks) June 26, 2013
History is being made in #Texas, while @CNN talks about blueberry muffins. LITERALLY. @cleveil1 @ElizSimins pic.twitter.com/sau3IizgLl #sb5
— Elizabeth Plank (@feministabulous) June 26, 2013
.@CNN Strategy: We've screwed up every historic breaking news story in years ---> Cut to muffins. #standwithwendy
— MyLeftLuke (@MyLeftLuke) June 26, 2013
CNN--about as relevant as an 8-track tape. RT @jayfhicks: CNN is discussing blueberry muffins and scones. Not joke.”
— TSL (@Indigocrush) June 26, 2013
I can't find Wendy Davis on my television right now and that's the reason television is dying.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) June 26, 2013
When it comes to news, #SB5 tonight made it clear that @CBS @NBC @ABC @Fox @MSNBC @CNN don't actually know newsworthy news. #standwithwendy
— Stop The WarOnWomen (@StopTheWOW) June 26, 2013
Much love for Sen Kirk Watson and Sen Judith Zaffirini for helping the women of texas and #StandWithWendy
— CarolynRooneyCrosby (@crcrosby999) June 26, 2013
Seriously..this is the best thing I've witnessed in a long time #StandWithWendy #StrongerTogether #uniteblue
— Jan Erickson (@Mistress_Jan) June 26, 2013
You ROCK Gallery People!!! #SB5
— Dawn Gulick (@DawnGulick) June 26, 2013
I like how the president keeps asking the woman next to him what to do.
— Elizabeth Dias. (@elizabethjdias) June 26, 2013
Table the floor. #Politicalspeak
— Morty (@Mortythemouth) June 26, 2013
I'm partial to "rulings of the chair."
— Invisible Obama (@InvisibleObama) June 26, 2013
Who's on First at Texas Senate Filibuster
— Pam (@mortgageconsult) June 26, 2013
Whoa...Roe v. Wade is absolutely germane to an anti-abortion anti-women #SB5 bill. #TXLege GOP is trying to stop Wendy. #StandWithWendy
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 25, 2013
This is the longest hr of my life. #standwithwendy
— Jamie (@ecleticvision) June 26, 2013
Not only is @WendyDavisTexas trying to save reproductive health care in Texas, she has to teach Sex Ed 101 to a room of morons.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) June 26, 2013
Holy crap. One out of every three thousand Americans is watching the #txlege livestream right now. #StandWithWendy
— Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 26, 2013
Only 75 more minutes before @StandWithWendy has been successful. Don't yield the floor, Democrats!! #LetHerSpeak
— YeaYouRite (@YeaYouRite) June 26, 2013
Zaffirini is pointing out the rules and making a parliamentary inquiry like a badass. The President doesn’t know how to handle her. #HB60
— heather (@LadySnarksalot) June 26, 2013
Sen L. Van de Putte comforted by Sen R. West after returning to Senate on Tue night from her father's funeral #txlege pic.twitter.com/oEJCFGtg25
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 26, 2013
Crowd Erupts! Sen Van de Putte, "At what point must a female raise her voice in order to be heard over male colleagues in the room?" #SB5
— Turn Texas Blue (@UniteBlueTX) June 26, 2013
Midnight in Austin. Priceless.
— Tim Hogan (@TimInHonolulu) June 26, 2013
12:00AM! WE DID IT! #StandwithWendy #SB5 #UniteBlueTX
— Turn Texas Blue (@UniteBlueTX) June 26, 2013
This is one of the greatest spectacles I have ever seen on Twitter.
— Vent (@vcthree) June 26, 2013
Reporters at scene reporting at least three different things (didn't pass, did pass, will pass after midnight). One thing for certain: chaos
— Seth Mnookin (@sethmnookin) June 26, 2013
If they say it was passed, that's a lie - no one could even hear the rollcall. #TxLege #ShutThatWholeThingDown #Wendy
— Jeanne K. (@SnarkAmendment) June 26, 2013
TX GOP: "The science isn't all in on whether it's midnight or not." #SB5
— Bearded Stoner (@beardedstoner) June 26, 2013
It's amazing how a bunch of jerkbags who spent the day obsessed with the minutiae of parliamentary procedure now don't care about the rules.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) June 26, 2013
— Ian (@iboudreau) June 26, 2013
Will Texas men now vote for #SB5 at 10 past midnight so they can all congratulate themselves for being masters of the universe? #WOW
— Jana (@LiberalCaliGal) June 26, 2013
Hey GOP, we can tell time. Yours is up. #txlege #StandWithWendy #sb5
— Anomaly (@Anomaly100) June 26, 2013
"Remember the Filibuster" has just replaced "Remember the Alamo" as the new TX battle cry. #StandWithWendy
— chaplinlives (@chaplinlives) June 26, 2013
Time for more yelling. RT @ClaraJeffery: Whoa, everybody is coming back to floor!
— David Roberts (@drgrist) June 26, 2013
"What's a clock and science?" - Texas Republicans
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) June 26, 2013
What's going on? They voted after midnight we all saw it w our own 2 eyes #SB5 #StandWithWendy
— TurningTX_BLUE (@vaughanbrenda) June 26, 2013
I'm glad the rest of the nation gets to see what we've had to deal with in Texas for the past 20 years. #sb5
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 26, 2013
The Republicans are certainly telling the media that they passed #sb5 #txlege
— NTXProgressive (@NTXProgressive) June 26, 2013
HEADS UP Y'ALL #txlege #sb5 ---> RT @MatthewKeysLive: Just checked: There is NO record of vote by Texas Senate on SB5 yet.
— Liza Sabater (@blogdiva) June 26, 2013
TX GOP Senators broke the rules and held an illegal vote after Midnight to pass #SB5
— Sergio Garcia (@sergioDACED) June 26, 2013
Wendy Davis couldn't eat, drink, sit down, lean, pee, or stop talking because RULES ARE RULES, but you can call a vote after midnight? #SB5
— Emily Dawn (@emilydawnlove) June 26, 2013
After midnight & TX Republicans still trying to lie & cheat. Dewhurst trying to force a vote #SB5! No Shame #GOP! #StandwithWendy #UniteBlue
— Becky Carrizales (@bcarrz) June 26, 2013
AP story: "Reporters and Democrats saw the voting begin after midnight." #TXLege #SB5 #StandWithWendy http://t.co/MBBVUm6dJQ
— ProgressTexas (@ProgressTX) June 26, 2013
Add'l context: Reporters on the Senate floor are just walking up to senators and asking them if #SB5 passed. They really don't know. #txlege
— EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) June 26, 2013
BOOM! @AP and Dewhurst were WRONG: Texas Senate's official timestamp says #SB5 vote happened June 26. pic.twitter.com/OxAJgCfP9p
— Stephen C. Webster (@StephenCWebster) June 26, 2013
BREAKING from @CecileRichards: (Texas) Lt. Gov. Dewhurst has agreed that #SB5 is dead.
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) June 26, 2013
Thank You @WendyDavisTexas For showing us One person CAN change the world, and you did! #StandWithWendy #unitedblue #lgbt #ACLU #p2 #dnc
— ActOutBeYourself (@ActOutBeYoursel) June 26, 2013
"Who's workin' hard to protect women's rights? Everyone knows it's Wendy." #SB5 #p2 #StandWithWendy
— Lee Harvey (@LeeHarvey13) June 26, 2013
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