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That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. 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. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.”
Love you Arnie, don’t agree with your choice here at all, but that’s the beauty of being reasonable, objective, and open to discourse. We can all get along and thrive. It’s what a republic should strive to be.” ... This is how we should disagree with each other in this country. Thank you.”
One voter wrote ... To this, Schwarzenegger replied I personally will likely vote for a third party candidate, but Arnold’s reasoning is logical and rational, if perhaps a bit too pragmatic for me. But that’s who he is, and why he is voting the way he is, and I don’t believe he has a motivation that he’s hiding from us. And that’s why I can respect his decision and continue to respect him.”
Meanwhile, another voter chimed in 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.”
Schwarzenegger’s lengthy post saw him explain why he won’t be voting for Trump, stating This is how we should talk about political disagreements. Thank you for being a great example.”
Schwarzenegger wrote back I don’t agree with him politically but I respect the man nonetheless, ... We don’t have to agree on everything, but I want to thank you for showing that we can disagree respectfully.”
Schwarzenegger, in response to another voter who said ... wrote: What happens in the booth, stays in the booth."
Both ads - sponsored by a progressive Christian group hoping to show members of their community that their vote is their own choice - feature the tagline Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now,
the Terminator actor wrote 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.”
And I will always be an American before I am a Republican,
It will just be four more years of bulls*** with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful,
For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President,
Schwarzenegger said at the time President-elect Biden, we wish you great success as our president,
Schwarzenegger said soon after the violent attack I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor,
the Terminator actor said My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime,
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,
I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is 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 is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious, ... And I will always be an American before I am a Republican."
The Presidency requires clarity in judgement, decisiveness, and calm under pressure that few have a natural ability to manage, or the life experience to successfully undertake. It is a job where decisions are made that routinely involve American lives – some urgently but not without thought,
Buzz Aldrin, very respected, the great astronaut and highly respected. But I thought it was an unusual,
Trump said before straying to note that outlets like the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times have refused to make endorsements, which he said is a rejection of Vice President Harris Rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets,