--- title: Lena Dunham Gets ‘Hostility’ For Supporting Hillary Clinton description: Lena Dunham said she has received “more hostility” from Democrats for supporting Hillary Clinton than she has from Republicans. canonical: https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-21T11:45:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:23:11.423Z article:section: Politics og:title: Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton og:description: “I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing"“I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing" og:url: https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4de77c709e43fcb2/69888bc1cd1bbabd986ffe95/lena-dunham-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: American Magazine Media Conference - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton twitter:description: “I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing"“I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4de77c709e43fcb2/69888bc1cd1bbabd986ffe95/lena-dunham-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 21, 2016 11:45 AM UTC  Lena Dunham speaks at the American Magazine Media Conference on Feb. 2, 2016 in New York City. Lena Dunham speaks at the American Magazine Media Conference on Feb. 2, 2016 in New York City.Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time Inc  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 21, 2016 11:45 AM UTC Lena Dunham on Sunday said [she has received “more hostility” from Democrats for supporting Hillary Clinton](http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/lena-dunham-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-1201734952/) over Bernie Sanders than she has from Republicans. The _Girls_ creator spoke at a [Hollywood campaign event](http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/03/18/lena-dunham-and-chelsea-clinton-to-campaign-for-hillary-in-hollywood/) for the former Secretary of State, which also featured the candidate’s daughter Chelsea Clinton and actress America Ferrera. “I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing,” Dunham said, according to _Variety_. “The fact that other members of the Democratic Party have spoken to me like I was an ill-informed child for voting for someone who represents everything I think this country should be is outrageous.” Dunham, who was released from the hospital last week after surgery for a [ruptured ovarian cyst](http://time.com/4248815/lena-dunham-surgery-ovarian-cyst/), said she reached a “tipping point” when one Instagram user wrote to her that “Bernie Sanders has done more for feminism than Hillary Clinton has.” \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/lena-dunham-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-1201734952/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/"},"headline":"Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-03-21T11:45:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:23:11.423Z","description":"“I have received more hostility for voting for a qualified female candidate than I have ever received anywhere from the American right wing\"","url":"https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4de77c709e43fcb2/69888bc1cd1bbabd986ffe95/lena-dunham-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4de77c709e43fcb2/69888bc1cd1bbabd986ffe95/lena-dunham-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"American Magazine Media Conference - Day 2","caption":"Lena Dunham speaks at the American Magazine Media Conference on Feb. 2, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Larry Busacca—Getty Images for Time Inc","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4265701/lena-dunham-hostility-clinton/","name":"Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```