Dunham, Ferrera mock Donald Trump at Democratic convention
PHILADELPHIA -- Democrats continued to roll out A-list celebrities supporting Hillary Clinton, as actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera took the stage together on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.
From the outset, Dunham and Ferrera tweaked GOP nominee Donald Trump over his racially-charged -- and otherwise controversial -- comments on the campaign trail.
In introduction, Dunham said: "Hi, I'm Lena Dunham, and according to Donald Trump, my body is probably like a 2."
Ferrera jumped in: "And I'm America Ferrera, and according to Donald Trump, I'm probably a rapist."
"But America, you're not Mexican," Dunham said, referring to Trump's remarks at the launch of his presidential campaign last year.
"And President Obama isn't Kenyan," Ferrera shot back. "But that doesn't stop Donald."
In a moment of self-awareness, Dunham went on: "We know what you're all thinking. Why should you care what some television celebrity has to say about politics."
"And we feel the same way," Ferrera chimed in. "But he is the Republican nominee, so we need to talk about him."
After the cheeky back-and-forth, the two stars offered up an earnest plea to consider voting against Trump, who became the official Republican nominee last week at the party's convention in Cleveland.
"His rhetoric about women takes us back to a time when we were meant to be beautiful and silent," said Dunham, who also brought up her struggles as a sexual assault survivor. "Meanwhile, 22 years ago, Hillary Clinton declared that women's rights were human rights."
Ferrera, who was born to Honduran parents, addressed immigration issues from a personal viewpoint.
"Not everybody looks at the millions of young people like me, children born into struggling families, children born to immigrant parents... not everybody looks to them as an investment," she said, but noted that Clinton had.
Ultimately, the two celebrities pitched a message of "love trumps hate" ahead of the general election: "We don't accept hatred as the norm in our communities," Dunham said. "So why would we ever accept it in the Oval Office?"