Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) is reflecting on being scrutinized about her look all through her life, and providing a optimistic self-image message to girls: “Wear what you want.”
“I’ve been critiqued for my appearance all my life — mostly by men who wouldn’t survive five minutes under the same scrutiny,” the Connecticut Democrat wrote in a Thursday put up on X.
“But I love my self-expression and no troll is changing that. It makes me effective for the people,” DeLauro mentioned.
Whereas DeLauro did not title any particular criticism she was responding to, a number of memes mocking the 82-year-old lawmaker circulated following President Trump’s joint handle to Congress on Tuesday.
DeLauro is thought for generally sporting colourful appears on the Capitol and dyed hair in assist of pancreatic most cancers analysis. In 2023, she mentioned she acquired a tattoo as a part of a present for her granddaughter.
“Ladies, wear what you want,” DeLauro mentioned in her social media put up this week.
“The haters will have to adjust.”
