Lena Dunham marched across the UNC campus Monday alongside hundreds of students to promote early voting and share why she is voting for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
“For me, Hillary Clinton has been the obvious choice because she acknowledges the humanity of everyone, not just straight white men,” she said. “Because she cares about making education safe and easy and affordable for all kinds of students — whether that means ending the epidemic of campus assault or making sure that you don’t spend the rest of your life paying your student loans.”
Dunham was joined by actress Constance Wu, activist Janet Mock, writer Ashley Ford and comedian Aparna Nancherla, who all briefly explained why they are supporting Clinton and why students should vote early.
Wu said she supports Clinton because she is the most experienced candidate in this election and is able to reach across the aisle to get things done.
“She does it because it’s productive, she does it because she cares about listening to people, because that’s what being a progressive is — progress is listening to other people’s point of view in order to change and understand them better,” she said.
Dunham said the recent developments about Clinton’s email are a distraction from the real issues.
“It has been made very clear by multiple investigations that Hillary Clinton has not compromised national security,” she said. “And for anyone to be swayed by this new faux information is just a distraction from the actual issues of the election.”
Mock said she was initially reluctant to speak publicly about this election, but realized it was too important to not express her support for Clinton, whose policies emphasize diversity and inclusion.
“(It's important) that our policies look like the ways in which we look and I think that Hillary is probably one of the only presidential candidates ever to say the word 'intersectionality,'” she said.
