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Lena Dunham: ‘Trump Wants To Punish Me For Exercising My Constitutional Rights’

Kaitlan Collins Contributor
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Lena Dunham said Donald Trump wants to punish her for exercising her Constitutional rights.

Lena Dunham

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While addressing the Democratic National Convention with America Ferrara in Philadelphia Tuesday night, the 30-year-old actress criticized the Republican nominee.

“I’m a pro-choice, feminist, sexual assault survivor with a chronic reproductive illness,” she said. “Donald and his party think I should be punished for exercising my constitutional rights, and his rhetoric about women takes us back to a time when we were meant to be beautiful and silent.” (RELATED: Lena Dunham: Women Apologize Too Much)

“Meanwhile, 22 years ago, Hillary declared that women’s rights are human rights. And she made it possible for my fellow sexual assault survivors in my home state of New York to have access to safe, immediate care in any emergency room.”

Lena Dunham

(Photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

“Hillary knows that access and opportunity are the American promise – not transphobia, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and systemic racism. She knows that hatred of all kinds is ours collectively to change, not to ignite for the craven purpose of seeking power.”

“Luckily, we the voters carry the future of this country. We don’t accept hatred as the norm in our communities – why would we accept it in the Oval Office?”

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“Do you want equal pay for equal work? The right to make decisions about your body? Paid family leave? As our queen says, ‘deal us in.'”

“Let’s say with one voice that we all have worth; we’re all part of this country”