--- title: Hillary Clinton Nomination: See How Celebrities Are Reacting description: Hillary Clinton celebrated victories in primaries and numerous celebrities took to social media to support her. canonical: https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-08T15:18:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:41.332Z og:title: Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Other Celebrities Got Pretty Stoked for Women Last Night og:description: ‘It’s raining glass’ og:url: https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0980a5d950834ea5/698896f0bc6cfcfede3dd4fc/hillary-clinton-celebrity-reactions-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Other Celebrities Got Pretty Stoked for Women Last Night twitter:description: ‘It’s raining glass’ twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0980a5d950834ea5/698896f0bc6cfcfede3dd4fc/hillary-clinton-celebrity-reactions-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Other Celebrities Got Pretty Stoked for Women Last Night by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 8, 2016 3:18 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 7: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Clinton has secured enough delegates and commitments from superdelegates to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee. She will become the first woman in U.S. history to secure the presidential nomination of one of the country's two major political parties. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 7: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Clinton has secured enough delegates and commitments from superdelegates to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee. She will become the first woman in U.S. history to secure the presidential nomination of one of the country's two major political parties. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)Drew Angerer/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 8, 2016 3:18 PM UTC In the [victory speech](http://time.com/4360888/hillary-clinton-nomination-brooklyn-speech-win/) she gave after becoming the first woman to become the presumptive nominee of a major political party, Hillary Clinton said that she wants this historical moment to inspire others: “Don’t let anyone tell you that great things can’t happen in America,” she said. “Barriers can come down.” This message quickly spread across social media, and Clinton’s celebrity supporters like Angela Bassett and Ellen Pompeo posted in pride that #imwithher: > [](https://twitter.com/ImAngelaBassett/status/740407218814750720) > [](https://twitter.com/xtina/status/740326782029549568) > [](https://twitter.com/perlapell/status/740229809754624000) > [](https://twitter.com/katyperry/status/740400586957455360) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/"},"headline":"Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Other Celebrities Got Pretty Stoked for Women Last Night","datePublished":"2016-06-08T15:18:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:41.332Z","description":"‘It’s raining glass’","url":"https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/","keywords":["motto","2016 Election topic","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0980a5d950834ea5/698896f0bc6cfcfede3dd4fc/hillary-clinton-celebrity-reactions-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0980a5d950834ea5/698896f0bc6cfcfede3dd4fc/hillary-clinton-celebrity-reactions-social-media.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York","caption":"Hillary Clinton Holds Primary Night Event In Brooklyn, New York","creditText":"Drew Angerer/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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4361210/hillary-clinton-nomination-celebrity-support/","name":"Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera and Other Celebrities Got Pretty Stoked for Women Last Night"}}]}] ```