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Madonna and more give passionate Women's March speeches

Photo credit: Paul Morigi/WireImage
Photo credit: Paul Morigi/WireImage

From Digital Spy

Madonna, America Ferrera and Scarlett Johansson were among the famous faces to give passionate speeches during yesterday's (January 21) Women's March.

The main march in Washington DC saw protesters, including Supergirl herself, filling Independence Avenue, where they witnessed some powerful words from several celebrities.

"It took this horrific moment of darkness to wake us the f**k up. It seems as though we all slipped into a false sense of comfort, that justice would prevail and that good would prevail in the end," Madonna explained.

"Well, good did not win this election. But good will win in the end. So what today means is that we are far from the end. Today marks the beginning, the beginning of our story. The revolution starts here."

Madonna ended with a performance of 'Express Yourself', among others, after delivering a "f**k you" to anyone who thought the marches wouldn't mean anything.

Johansson's speech was actually cut short briefly when her microphone was turned off, but she still managed to get an important message to Donald Trump.

"President Trump, I did not vote for you. That said, I respect that you are our President-elect and I want to be able to support you. First, I ask that you support me," she stated.

"Support my daughter, who may actually as a result of the appointments you have made, grow up in a country that is moving backwards, not forwards, and who may potentially not have the right to make choices for her body and her future that your daughter Ivanka has been privileged to have."

Ugly Betty star Ferrera also used the platform to deliver a strong message against hate. "It's been a heart-wrenching time to be a woman and an immigrant in this country. A platform of hate and division assumed power yesterday," she noted.

"But the president is not America. His cabinet is not America. Congress is not America. We are America. And we are here to stay."

Ashley Judd, Alicia Keys, Michael Moore and Janelle Monae also delivered speeches on the day, with Keys performing Maya Angelou's protest poem 'Still I Rise'.


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