Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes a Rare Move by Publicly Endorsing a Presidential Candidate Ahead of Election
Arnold Schwarzenegger has officially weighed in on the 2024 presidential election.
Despite admitting that he doesn’t usually “do endorsements” when it comes to the presidential election, the actor and former bodybuilder has now broken his silence in the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.
The Terminator star shared his unfiltered opinion in a lengthy message on X (formerly Twitter) this week, shocking fans with the revelation that he will be casting his vote for Harris and Tim Walz.
He began his post by prefacing, “I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.”
However, he noted, “I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.”
Schwarzenegger, now 77, served as Governor of California from 2003 to 2011, an experience he now says taught him to “love policy and ignore politics.”
When getting into the nitty-gritty about the candidates on the ballot next week, Schwarzenegger said, “Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now.”
“It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand,” he continued, adding, “I want to tune out.”
“But I can’t,” Schwarzenegger added while calling out Trump’s rejection of the 2020 election results “as un-American as it gets.”
“To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America [a] trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious,” the Austria native said.
He added, “And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.”
“That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” Schwarzenegger declared while urging his followers, “We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.”
“Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us,” the Total Recall star concluded, before encouraging all of his followers—even those who disagree with him—to cast their vote on Nov. 5.
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