Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has been busying herself this week with an appearance in Cambridge on Monday to protest Donald Trump's national emergency to fund for his border wall.
At some point during her busy week, she ran out of contact lenses and resorted to wearing bifocals in public. No big deal, right?
However, the bespectacled Pressley elicited admiration for flawlessly pulling off the look and prompted a special request.
She ran into a mother whose 9-year-old hates wearing glasses. So she asked the Congresswoman to post a selfie with her glasses on to encourage her daughter that spectacles are awesome.
The Boston Representative β who was the first black woman elected to the Boston City council in 2009 and became Massachusett's first black Congresswoman in 2018 β honored the mother's request.
The posted photo became a Twitter moment and gave us all a much-needed dose of the feels.
Pressley tweeted:
"So. I ran out of lenses & had no choice but to wear these in public, something I never, ever do, although I've been rockin' bifocals since 2nd grade. Ran into a mom who asked me to post this pic for her 9yr old who hates her new glasses."
So. I ran out of lenses & had no choice but to wear these in public, something I never, ever do, although I've beenβ¦ https://t.co/zq0Ksgox5aβ Ayanna Pressley (@Ayanna Pressley)1550714101.0
She also gave a shout-out to her fellow Congresswomen who normally rock the bespectacled look: Lauren Underwood, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib.
Twitter embraced the Boston Representative's rare look.
The thread became an inspirational representation of people who are proud of sporting spectacles.
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Um hello we STAN this look. ππ»β Jordan Meehan π³οΈβπ (@Jordan Meehan π³οΈβπ)1550717138.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib You look fab! ππβ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)1550721996.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Capitol Hill women in glasses are always undefeated.β¦ https://t.co/51ysuusEWDβ Tarena (@Tarena)1550717756.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC I LOVE my glasses and canβt get used to myself without them on.β¦ https://t.co/8DDz8Ko3cjβ Nishat (@Nishat)1550714623.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC You look beautiful!!! And I wear glasses too π€β Sara Pearl (@Sara Pearl)1550720168.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Nothing wrong with rocking the glasses! https://t.co/A7VwtFmdY1β Emmy, the unpaid cat maid (@Emmy, the unpaid cat maid)1550717685.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC I have anxiety about putting anything onto my eye (contacts, eyβ¦ https://t.co/c3x6h5Ymdiβ Barbara Grandberry (@Barbara Grandberry)1550715529.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Everyday look! I hate wearing my contacts, and my glasses are mβ¦ https://t.co/9pLTNzxou9β sarah smiles (@sarah smiles)1550748770.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Congressional girls that wear glasses are undefeated π€β¦ https://t.co/zujgHvVV0Eβ Nads (@Nads)1550716934.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Representation matters β₯οΈ https://t.co/21ctP3ou1aβ Madam President (@Madam President)1550716580.0
@AyannaPressley @JosiahJMannion @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC From one glasses wearer to another...you look Gβ¦ https://t.co/8l7zRJSGf2β Sericite (@Sericite)1550716276.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Smart girls wear glasses. π€ https://t.co/EdozZAY06lβ Monique Pressley (@Monique Pressley)1550725356.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC No contact lenses for me. I'm all about the glasses. https://t.co/LOs8KDTRETβ Setu van Lare (@Setu van Lare)1550717719.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Our time has come. #GlassesGang for life https://t.co/NIa1hod8Nbβ Emily β¨ (@Emily β¨)1550737881.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Got my specs only a few months ago and love that they frame myβ¦ https://t.co/JpKbEy8PUEβ Sophia OβNeal (@Sophia OβNeal)1550731571.0
It's not just the ladies who pride themselves on their lenses.
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC Nothing wrong with rockin your glasses π€ https://t.co/3LDo7lmuANβ LaRon Hickman (@LaRon Hickman)1550724248.0
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC You look fantastic! https://t.co/EO06SctGYXβ Daniel Maycock (@Daniel Maycock)1550714656.0
This young girl knows she is not alone in wearing glasses. And she even has several pairs to boot...if she can find them.
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC My 12 year old loves her glasses and has about 4 or 5 pairs. Unβ¦ https://t.co/yMG46nKNgCβ Malcolm Xtra (@Malcolm Xtra)1550721779.0
The demonstration in Cambridge Pressley spoke at was titled, "Presidents Day Protest to Fight Trump's fake Crisis and Racist Deportation Forces," and was organized by the liberal advocacy group Cambridge Area Stronger Together.
She castigated Donald Trump's declaration of the national emergency and told the gathering crowd:
"I think he has lost all moral authority to continue to serve in this role. I took an oath of office to defend the American people and the Constitution against all threats, foreign and domestic β and he is a hell of a threat."
@AyannaPressley @LaurenUnderwood @RashidaTlaib @AOC https://t.co/I1KYOsq9rZβ RogerStoneArrested (@RogerStoneArrested)1550727560.0
Hopefully, that 9-year-old girl will ignore the stigma and realize she is in good company.
There is no shame in seeing things clearly and potentially becoming our leaders with a clear vision.