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One of the heroes at Aretha Franklin’s funeral service Friday was Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). After Bishop Charles Ellis II introduced the congresswoman, Waters stood and gave the “Wakanda Forever” sign from the “Black Panther” film.

The crowd went wild — and so did Twitter.

Ellis had singled out Waters during the service at Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple to note that she has been “attacked like never before,” apparently referring to insults from President Donald Trump

“But she’s a strong black woman,” said Ellis. After Waters gave the Wakanda salute, Ellis said, “Everybody just point over there and tell her, ‘We got your back.’ Come on, say it so everybody can hear you out there: ‘We got your back!’”

But it was all huzzahs on Twitter on Friday night:



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