--- 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=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 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=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Dunham Gets ‘More Hostility’ From Democrats For Supporting Hillary Clinton > Sponsored content. 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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"}}]}] ```