Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he will vote for Kamala Harris in the presidential election. The Hollywood star and former Republican governor of California shared this information in a long post on social media.
“I usually don't support anyone openly. I'm not shy about sharing my opinion, but I hate politics and I don't trust most politicians. However, I understand that people want to hear my opinion because I'm not alone. celebrity, but a former Republican governor,” Schwarzenegger explained at the start of a statement he released on X on Wednesday.
Later in a statement, the 77-year-old actor and politician distanced himself from both the Republican and Democratic parties. “Honestly, I don't like any parties right now,” Schwarzenegger said. As he emphasized, he is always an American first and a Republican only later. “So I'm voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz this week,” he said.
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As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, he writes all this because he believes that there are many people who think like him. “You don't recognize your country. And you have the right to be angry,” he stressed. In explaining his choice, he gave plenty of space to his opponent, Harris, although he did not mention her by name. “A candidate who doesn't respect your vote if you don't vote for him; a candidate who sends his supporters to storm the Capitol while he watches with a coke in hand; a candidate who hasn't demonstrated the ability to do whatever the law requires.” besides cutting taxes, it helps his donors and other rich people like me, but it doesn't help anyone who sees Americans who disagree with him as worse enemies than China, Russia, and North Korea.” – writes the actor. According to him, another term of office of such a president would be another “four years of chaos” that would make Americans more angry, divided and full of hatred.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz with Milwaukee PAP/EPA/JUSTIN LANE
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was the Republican Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. In recent years, the actor and politician has openly criticized Donald Trump. “President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president in history,” he said in a post on X (then called Twitter) after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Referring to the riots in the Capitol and the related socio-political situation in the US, Schwarzenegger expressed hope that “America will come out of these dark days and shine again in its glory.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Capitol riotsTwitter/@Schwarzenegger
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