Arnold Schwarzenegger could “hate politics more than ever,” and doesn’t “really do endorsements,” however a possible second Donald Trump presidency has the previous Republican “governator” talking out in favor of the Democratic ticket.
In a message posted to X, Schwarzenegger stated he could be casting his vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz this week. He warned one other Trump presidency could be “four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.”
“We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that,” Schwarzenegger wrote. “He’ll divide, he’ll insult, he’ll discover new methods to be extra un-American than he already has been, and we, the individuals, will get nothing however extra anger.
I don’t actually do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, however I hate politics and don’t belief most politicians.
I additionally perceive that individuals wish to hear from me as a result of I’m not only a superstar, I’m a former Republican Governor.
My time as Governor taught me to…
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) October 30, 2024
“I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz,” he continued. “Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.”
Schwarzenegger’s message emphasised his perception in bipartisanship and efficient policymaking, calling it essential in as we speak’s polarized local weather. “It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election,” he famous.
One in every of Schwarzenegger’s greatest motivators in endorsing Harris and Walz was his sturdy stance towards election denialism. The Terminator star stated rejecting legit election outcomes is “as un-American as it gets.”
“But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea – that won’t solve our problems,” Schwarzenegger wrote.
The endorsement marks a giant shift for the entrepreneur and former GOP governor, who didn’t make an official endorsement within the 2020 race regardless of his open criticism of the previous president.
Trump and Schwarzenegger have an advanced relationship. Schwarzenegger took over The Celeb Apprentice from Trump in 2017, throughout which period the sequence noticed a drop in viewership. Trump blamed Schwarzenegger for the score, however Schwarzenegger blamed Trump’s polarizing politics and an already-declining viewership for the present’s decline.
He finally left the present a 12 months later, blaming Trump for bringing “baggage” as an government producer.
“I loved every second of working with NBC and Mark Burnett. Everyone—from the celebrities to the crew to the marketing department—was a straight 10, and I would absolutely work with all of them again on a show that doesn’t have this baggage,” Schwarzenegger stated in a 2018 assertion.
Schwarzenegger didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, saying it was the primary time since he grew to become an American citizen that he didn’t vote for the GOP presidential nominee.
