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Arnold Schwarzenegger criticizes Trump as “un-American” and supports Harris

From Allison Detzel

With less than a week until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris' list of Republican supporters continues to grow. On Wednesday, the Vice President received another important support: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The actor and former Republican governor of California, who rarely offers political endorsements, divided his support for Harris and admitted that, like most Americans, he just wanted to “tune out” this election cycle.

“But I can’t,” he continued, before sharply rebuking his party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump: “Because rejecting the election results is about as un-American as it gets.” For someone like me, who works with people all over the world World speaks and still knows that America is the shining city on a hill, calling America a dumpster for the world is so unpatriotic that it infuriates me.”

“A candidate who doesn't respect your vote unless it's for him, a candidate who sends his supporters to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work on passing policies other than one “A tax cut that has helped his donors and other rich people like me but no one else, a candidate who believes Americans who disagree with him are bigger enemies than China , Russia or North Korea – that will not solve our problems,” Schwarzenegger wrote.

The former governor, who served from 2003 to 2011, said he would “always be an American before I become a Republican.”

He urged voters to “close the door on this chapter of history” and said another Trump administration would mean “just four more bull years – with no results that will make us increasingly angry, divided and hateful.”

Trump and Schwarzenegger, both celebrities who later pursued careers in politics, have exchanged blows in the past. In 2017, after Schwarzenegger replaced Trump as host of NBC's “Celebrity Apprentice,” the then-president mocked the show's declining viewership and urged National Prayer Breakfast attendees to take credit for his previous television series' low ratings “pray”.

Schwarzenegger responded by suggesting the two change jobs: “You can take over television – because you're such an expert in ratings – and I'll take your job, then people can finally sleep easy again,” he said in an Instagram post Video.

The former governor previously endorsed former Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the 2016 GOP primary and urged him to run again in 2020 to challenge Trump.

Schwarzenegger ended his post by admitting that while he disagrees with the Democrats' policies, he still believes they are the best option for America's future: “I want to move forward as a country, even though I have a lot.” “If there is a disagreement with their platform, I think the only way to accomplish this is with Harris and Walz,” he wrote. “Vote this week. Turn the page and leave this garbage behind.”

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