You might have seen this headline and thought about how silly it is to value the words of television celebrities when it comes to politics. But, as it was brought up by Lena Dunham and America Ferrera last night at the Democratic National Convention, that’s exactly what we’ve already been doing by engaging with Donald Trump’s political campaign.
Both Ferrera and Dunham have been outspoken supporters of Clinton throughout her trip along the campaign trail. Their speech praised her consistent reinforcement of women’s rights throughout her thirty-year political career, her emphasis on improving public education, and her progressive outlook on race relations in America. More so, however, the duo stressed how harmful Trump’s rhetoric has been for American social politics.
From the get-go, Dunham predicts that Donald Trump would judge her body as “probably like a two,” and Ferrera, the daughter of Honduran immigrants, said that ” according to Donald Trump, I’m probably a rapist.” The two quickly drop the cheeky tone to call their viewers to action. “Luckily, we the voters carry the future of this country,” Dunham proclaimed. “We don’t accept hatred as the norm in our communities. So why would we ever accept it in the Oval Office?”
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Text Annie Armstrong