Persist (verb) : to continue steadfastly or firmly especially in spite of opposition.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is good at it.
#shepersisted
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is good at it.
#shepersisted
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00:00We will fight back.
00:02Nevertheless, she persisted.
00:11Have you returned one nickel of the millions of dollars that you were paid while this scam was going on?
00:17Well, first of all, this was by 1% of our people.
00:20That's not my question. This is about responsibility.
00:23The board will take care of that.
00:25Have you returned one nickel of the money you earned while this scam was going on?
00:30And the board will do...
00:32I will take that as a no, then.
00:35Donald Trump is a bad guy.
00:37Oh, that poor little billionaire. Did I hurt his feelings?
00:41The big, brave Donald Trump is too chicken to release his tax returns.
00:48Bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk.
00:53Mrs. DeVos, do you have any direct experience in running a bank?
00:58Senator, I do not.
00:59Uh-huh. Do you have... Have you ever managed or overseen a trillion-dollar loan program?
01:04I have not.
01:05How about a billion-dollar loan program?
01:07I have not.
01:08Okay, so no experience in managing a program like this.
01:11You're just going to take that away and send those children off to be warehoused somewhere else.
01:18I want the Republicans to go explain that.
01:21Did you fall down, hit your head, and think you woke up in the 1950s?
01:25We can whimper, we can whine, or we can fight back.
01:30Me, I'm here to fight back.