In this new reality, we have all been radicalized, she wrote.
Dunham spent months campaigning for Clinton throughout the country, and wrote how Tuesday felt like a victory lap.
But during Clintons election night party, Dunham wrote, it became clear something had gone horribly wrong.
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She added, Celebrants faces turned.
The modeling had been incorrect.
Watching the numbers in Florida, I touched my face and realized I was crying.
Can we c’mon go home?
I said to my boyfriend.
I could tell he was having trouble breathing, and I could feel my chin breaking into hives.
We believed that on November 9, theyd be licking their wounds while we celebrated.
Like Samantha Bee during Wednesdays episode ofFull Frontal, Dunham also called out white women for Trump support.
Wednesday was a day of mourning.
Hell, Im giving us till Sunday.
But then we fight.
In this new reality, we have all been radicalized.
Its no longer a word for those living on the fringes.
Weve been radicalized and therefore weve been deputized to do our parts.
Those who are gagged by the system Donald Trump proposes.
After thanking Clinton for her campaign, Dunham concluded the letter with a call to action.
The work isnt done.
It is only beginning.
We will stun ourselves with what we are capable of.
We will laugh with surprise like kids who finally threw a punch back at the schoolyard bully.
We will not be governed by fear.
We will show our children a different way.
We will go home like shooting stars.
