Democratic women send political message by wearing white to State of the Union

There is one clear area where President Donald Trump has had a unifying effect on Capitol Hill: the color Democratic women wear to joint sessions of Congress. The chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, Florida Rep. Lois Frankel, encouraged members to wear white to this year's State of the Union address as a shoutout to the voters who handed Democrats a majority in the House in the midterm elections and a reminder that they plan to make women's economic security a priority. The color choice is also meant to honor the women's suffrage movement that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. In a show of unity, hours before the State of the Union scores of Democratic women gathered on the spiral steps of the Capitol Visitors Center to take pictures, hold hands and pin on “ERA” buttons. “Girls Rock!’’ yelled Michigan Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a member of the Democratic  Women’s Working Group.