U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) appeared on the Senate floor wearing a denim vest and outrage followed on social media, with many Twitter users noting how people of color would never get away with such a wardrobe in a professional setting.

Political commentator Ana Navarro-Cárdenas was among the many people who became furious after seeing the senator's casual outfit.

"I really don’t care who gets triggered by me bringing race into this," Navarro-Cárdenas tweeted. "The truth is, no woman of color could possibly dress like this, and act like this, and be taken seriously, much less elected. I suspect every Black woman and Latina reading this knows what I’m talking about."

I really don’t care who gets triggered by me bringing race into this. The truth is, no woman of color could possibly dress like this, and act like this, and be taken seriously, much less elected.

I suspect every Black woman and Latina reading this knows what I’m talking about. https://t.co/J7HuxPkba9

— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) October 27, 2021

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