--- title: DNC: America Ferrara and Lena Dunham Convention Transcript description: America Ferrara and Lena Dunham attacked Donald Trump at the Democratic convention on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. canonical: https://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T02:32:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:34:15.190Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read America Ferrara and Lena Dunham's Remarks at the Democratic Convention og:description: "According to Donald Trump, I'm probably a rapist" og:url: https://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9880763c89b58/69889f992dce01657c9ea0b7/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-lena-dunham0001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CONVENTION og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read America Ferrara and Lena Dunham's Remarks at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: "According to Donald Trump, I'm probably a rapist" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9880763c89b58/69889f992dce01657c9ea0b7/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-lena-dunham0001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read America Ferrera and Lena Dunham's Remarks at the Democratic Convention > Sponsored content. 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Actresses America Fererra (R) and Lena Dunham walk onto the stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016. Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 27, 2016 2:32 AM UTC _Ugly Betty_ star America Ferrera and _Girls_ star Lena Dunham delivered a pointed rebuke of Donald Trump’s rhetoric at [the Democratic National Convention](http://time.com/4425337/dnc-hillary-clinton-female-nominee/?xid=homepage) on Tuesday. They said Hillary Clinton would bring Americans together while criticizing Trump’s comments on immigration, women and other subjects. “Hi, I’m Lean Dunham and according to Donald Trump, my body is probably a two,” Dunham began in the primetime address in Philadelphia. “…and according to Donald Trump, I’m probably a rapist,” Ferrera followed. Earlier this month, Ferrera said Trump’s comments about immigrants “will serve brilliantly to energize Latino voters and increase turnout on Election Day against you.” “Donald’s not making America great again, he’s making America hate again,” Ferrara said Tuesday. “The vast majority of us cannot afford to see his vision of America come to be.” Read the remarks Ferrara and Dunham gave as delivered below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/"},"headline":"Read America Ferrera and Lena Dunham's Remarks at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-27T02:32:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:34:15.190Z","description":"\"According to Donald Trump, I'm probably a rapist\"","url":"https://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9880763c89b58/69889f992dce01657c9ea0b7/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-lena-dunham0001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9880763c89b58/69889f992dce01657c9ea0b7/hillary-clinton-dnc-democratic-national-convention-lena-dunham0001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-CONVENTION","caption":"Actresses America Fererra (R) and Lena Dunham walk onto the stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.","creditText":"Timothy A. 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