{"id":2361907,"date":"2024-10-30T21:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-republican-california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T21:07:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T01:07:47","slug":"former-republican-california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-republican-california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-republican-california-gov-arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2361907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former California \u200bGovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has publicly endorsed Vice President\u2064 Kamala Harris in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appears-to-be-a-popular-lead-for-2024-straw-poll-shows\/\" title=\"DeSantis Appears To Be A Popular Lead For 2024, Straw Poll Shows\">upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">2024 presidential election<\/a><\/a>. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct\/\" title=\"\u2018Angel,\u2019 \u2018Buffy\u2019 Actress Charisma Carpenter Accuses Joss Whedon Of Misconduct\">lengthy post<\/a> on social media, he expressed his desire for the country to move forward \u2064and \u2062acknowledged having disagreements with Harris&#8217;s platform but believes she is the way to \u200dachieve progress. Schwarzenegger emphasized \u200bthat he generally avoids endorsements and has concerns about both\u2064 political \u200cparties, criticizing the Republican Party for neglecting the principles\u2064 of the \u200bfree \u200cmarket and the Democratic Party for their \u200clocal\u200c policies potentially\u2063 increasing\u2063 crime. He articulated his frustration with the political landscape but\u2062 feels compelled\u200c to\u2062 remain engaged due to the pressing issues at hand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1869067\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arnold-schwarzenegger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a>, the former Republican governor of California, said that he will be voting for Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 presidential election\">2024 presidential election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Schwarzenegger said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schwarzenegger\/status\/1851627802027758005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in a long post\">in a long post<\/a> on the X platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I don&rsquo;t really do endorsements. I&rsquo;m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don&rsquo;t trust most politicians.<\/p>\n<p>I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.<\/p>\n<p>My time as Governor taught me to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schwarzenegger\/status\/1851627802027758005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger, who was also a former actor, said that he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;really do endorsements&rdquo; and doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;like either party right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren&rsquo;t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">increased crime<\/a>,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Kindergarten Cop<\/em> actor said that he wants to &ldquo;tune out&rdquo; but he &ldquo;can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;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,&rdquo; he said, adding, &ldquo;And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to complain about the national debt and the broken immigration system and how &ldquo;Washington does nothing&rdquo; on both issues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">professional bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician<\/a> said in his endorsement statement.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger said former President Donald Trump &ldquo;won&rsquo;t respect your vote unless it is for him&rdquo; and called Trump &ldquo;a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will just be four more years of bulls*** with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger&rsquo;s ex-wife, Maria Shriver, recently moderated a Michigan campaign event that featured a conversation between the vice president and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1869067\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1869067\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger backs Kamala Harris for 2024 election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2361909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arnold-Schwarzenegger.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44043,37666,32438,42503],"class_list":["post-2361907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","tag-california-politics","tag-kamala-harris","tag-republican-endorsement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Arnold-Schwarzenegger.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2361909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}