Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorses Kamala Harris

The actor was the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Nevertheless, he has beforehand expressed criticism for Donald Trump, saying in 2016, “For the primary time since I turned a citizen in 1983, I can’t vote for the Republican candidate for President.”

Explaining how his time as governor taught him to view politics by means of a cooperative coverage lens relatively than a party-based one, he continued, “Let me be sincere with you: I don’t like both get together proper now…It’s in all probability not a shock that I hate politics greater than ever, which, if you’re a traditional one who isn’t hooked on this crap, you in all probability perceive. I wish to tune out.”

“However I can’t. As a result of rejecting the outcomes of an election is as un-American because it will get. To somebody like me who talks to individuals all around the world and nonetheless is aware of America is the shining metropolis on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me livid,” the 77-year-old wrote.

“I’ll all the time be an American earlier than I’m a Republican. That’s why, this week, I’m voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” he defined. “I’m sharing it with all of you as a result of I feel there are loads of you who really feel like I do. You don’t acknowledge our nation. And you might be proper to be livid.”

“However a candidate who gained’t respect your vote except it’s for him, a candidate who will ship his followers to storm the Capitol whereas he watches with a Weight loss program Coke, a candidate who has proven no means to work to move any coverage in addition to a tax lower that helped his donors and different wealthy individuals like me however helped nobody else else, a candidate who thinks Individuals who disagree with him are the larger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea — that gained’t remedy our issues,” Arnold continued, saying {that a} vote for Trump can be “4 extra years of bullshit with no outcomes.”

“That’s sufficient cause for me to share my vote with all of you. I wish to transfer ahead as a rustic, and despite the fact that I’ve loads of disagreements with their platform, I feel the one approach to do this is with Harris and Walz,” he concluded. “And even in case you disagree with me, vote, as a result of that’s what we do as Individuals.”

Arnold is not the one Republican to have endorsed Kamala. The listing consists of Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Former Consultant Adam Kinzinger, and Former Senator Jeff Flake.