--- title: George Clooney Writes Letter Supporting Hillary Clinton description: Getting the nomination "would then make her the only grown-up in the room." canonical: https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-21T20:32:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:05:21.419Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's Why George Clooney Is Supporting Hillary Clinton og:description: Getting the nomination "would then make her the only grown-up in the room" og:url: https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dbd4e60933af3/69888be6f887dc5aa9e95225/george-clooney-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Gravity" New York Premiere - Inside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Why George Clooney Is Supporting Hillary Clinton twitter:description: Getting the nomination "would then make her the only grown-up in the room" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dbd4e60933af3/69888be6f887dc5aa9e95225/george-clooney-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Why George Clooney Is Supporting Hillary Clinton by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Mar 21, 2016 8:32 PM UTC  George Clooney attends the "Gravity" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 1, 2013 in New York City. George Clooney attends the "Gravity" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 1, 2013 in New York City.D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Mar 21, 2016 8:32 PM UTC George Clooney has [written a letter](http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-supports-hillary-clinton-fundraiser) in support of Hillary Clinton, praising the Democratic presidential candidate as “a voice of tolerance and experience” and “the only grown-up in the room” during the 2016 election. In the letter, sent in an email Monday by the Clinton campaign, the actor and humanitarian calls her “the one consistent voice” in “all of this clutter.” Clooney also criticized Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, not mentioning the candidate by name but referencing his rhetoric and “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. “If you listen to the loudest voices out there today, you’d think we’re a country that hates Mexicans, hates Muslims, and thinks that committing war crimes is the best way to make America great again,” he wrote. “The truth is that the only thing that would prevent America from being great would be to empower these voices.” Clooney added, “As this primary process continues, Hillary could soon have an insurmountable delegate lead and with that, the Democratic nomination. That would then make her the only grown-up in the room. And if ever there was a time for a grown-up, that time is now.” Earlier this month, Clooney [slammed Trump](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/03/george-clooney-donald-trump-xenophobic-fascist) in an interview with _The Guardian_, calling him an “opportunist” and a “xenophobic fascist.” Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney, are hosting a fundraiser for Clinton at their Los Angeles home on April 16, [PEOPLE](http://www.people.com/article/george-clooney-supports-hillary-clinton-fundraiser) reports. In Monday’s email, he invited supporters to enter a contest for a chance to join them at the event. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/21/george-clooney-hillary-clinton-letter) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://EW.com) George Clooney Writes Letter Supporting Hillary Clinton ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Here's Why George Clooney Is Supporting Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-03-21T20:32:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:05:21.419Z","description":"Getting the nomination \"would then make her the only grown-up in the room\"","url":"https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","celebrities","George Clooney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dbd4e60933af3/69888be6f887dc5aa9e95225/george-clooney-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc88dbd4e60933af3/69888be6f887dc5aa9e95225/george-clooney-hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Gravity\" New York Premiere - Inside Arrivals","caption":"George Clooney attends the \"Gravity\" New York premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 1, 2013 in New York City.","creditText":"D Dipasupil—FilmMagic/Getty Images","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":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4266688/george-clooney-support-hillary-clinton/","name":"Here's Why George Clooney Is Supporting Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```