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Posted: 2017-05-01T18:56:15Z | Updated: 2017-05-01T18:56:15Z

Our favorite TV superhero isnt pulling punches in her final fight.

Entertainment Weekly reports that the season finale of the hit series Supergirl will be titled, Nevertheless, She Persisted.

The Supergirl finale title makes reference to a comment by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , after Sen. Elizabeth Warren attempted to read a letter by Corretta Scott King into the record during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Kings letter, written in 1986, urged Congress to block Sessions nomination to a federal judgeship because of his history of disenfranchising black voters. Sessions was accused of using his position as a U.S. Attorney to selectively try voter fraud cases .

Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters, the letter read.

That was the line of the letter that pushed McConnell to cut Warren off, using a senate rule that would prevent her from attributing another senator of any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.

She was warned. She was given an explanation, McConnell said. Nevertheless, she persisted.

The internet exploded, turning the quote into a feminist rally cry .

And its really no surprise that Supergirl would use the feminist sensation as an endnote to its second season.

Supergirl is no stranger to feminist and political messages. Melissa Benoist, who plays Supergirl herself, walked in the Womens March back in January to bring awareness to womens issues. Her sign was addressed straight to President Trump himself and warned that she was made of steel.

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