{"id":2488981,"date":"2025-09-20T14:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arnold-schwarzenegger-praises-charlie-kirk-warns-that-democracy-is-on-the-brink\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:04:58","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-praises-charlie-kirk-warns-that-democracy-is-on-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arnold-schwarzenegger-praises-charlie-kirk-warns-that-democracy-is-on-the-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Praises Charlie Kirk, Warns That Democracy Is on the Brink"},"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%2Farnold-schwarzenegger-praises-charlie-kirk-warns-that-democracy-is-on-the-brink%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=2488981&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>Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former California governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-shooting-gunman-dead-security-guard-killed-in-legacy-good-samaritan-hospital-active-shooter-event\/\" title=\"Portland shooting: Gunman killed, security guard slain in hospital shooting.\">expressed deep sorrow<\/a> over the assassination of Charlie Kirk, emphasizing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-most-disturbing-poll-in-recent-memory\/\" title=\"Disturbing Poll Shakes Recent Memory\">broader societal divisions<\/a> and hate in America today are even more troubling. Speaking at the University of Southern California&#8217;s International Day of Democracy, Schwarzenegger praised Kirk as a great communicator and advocate for Republican causes who tragically lost his life for having a diffrent opinion. He reflected on Kirk&#8217;s role as a father and husband and the impact of his loss on his family.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger highlighted the role of social media companies, mainstream media, and political parties in fostering division and hatred across the nation. He warned that continuing down this path threatens the fabric of democracy. Nonetheless, he expressed hope, urging individuals-especially students with differing views-too come together respectfully, reject hostility, and set an example of civil discourse. He stressed that moast people are not represented by the angry minority amplified online, and encouraged everyone to reconnect with real-world interactions to overcome the toxic divisions fueled by social media.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger believes that as bad as the assassination of Charlie Kirk was, the underlying currents in modern America are even worse.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger praised Kirk during a session with University of Southern California&rsquo;s interim President Beong-Soo Kim that was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Schwarzenegger\/status\/1967986362059239487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was very, very upset that someone&rsquo;s life was taken because they have a different opinion. It&rsquo;s just unbelievable,&rdquo; Schwarzenegger said Monday at USC&rsquo;s International Day of Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger noted the Kirk was a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >multi-faceted positive force<\/a> whose live was cut short.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a great communicator, a great advocate for the right &mdash; for Republican causes,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He had such a great way of communicating with the students that agreed or disagreed with him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a human being. A human life is gone. And he was a great father, a great husband. I was thinking about his children. They will only be reading about him now, instead of him reading to them bedtime stories,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USC President Kim asked me for my thoughts about Charlie Kirk at USC&rsquo;s Democracy Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s something more important than my message in this video. It&rsquo;s what you don&rsquo;t hear. No heckling. No disrespect. No shouting.<\/p>\n<p>I know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bella-hadid-chanted-from-the-river-to-the-sea-palestine-will-be-free-why-this-palestinian-nationalist-slogan-is-a-call-for-genocide\/\" title=\"Bella Hadid Chanted \u2018From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free\u2019: Why This Palestinian Nationalist Slogan Is A Call For Genocide\">social media shows<\/a> us the worst of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pLgEFSLubA\">pic.twitter.com\/pLgEFSLubA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schwarzenegger\/status\/1967986362059239487?\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger said manipulation by the media and politicians sowed the seeds of hate now roiling America<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have to acknowledge that the cause of all of this is the social media companies that are dividing us, the mainstream media companies that are dividing us,&rdquo; Schwarzenegger said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The political parties &mdash; the Democrats that are dividing us, the Republicans that are dividing us,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting hit from so many different angles, and we have to be very careful that we don&rsquo;t get closer to that cliff. Because when you fall down that cliff &mdash; down there, there is no democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger said the American people can overcome this challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people can turn this around. The people have the ultimate power. And, so, this is why I recommend very strongly that people who say, &lsquo;Well, what can I do? I&rsquo;m just an individual.&rsquo; Each and every one of you in here can make a difference,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on student of different opinions to get together and be &ldquo;an example for the rest of the nation and for all universities, how you get together, how you not see the other side as the enemy. Or to fight fire with fire, like they&rsquo;re saying today. Or to declare war on each other, as they&rsquo;re saying today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a post accompanying the video. Schwarzenegger said there was &ldquo;something more important than my message in this video. It&rsquo;s what you don&rsquo;t hear. No heckling. No disrespect. No shouting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know that social media shows us the worst of humanity, and a few people celebrating a death will get more attention than hundreds of respectful people. Don&rsquo;t let these companies and the rage influencers that profit from them convince you the worst of us are the most of us. They are a tiny minority that gets too much attention because anger makes you post, repost, and like,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was an audience of almost 500 students, and zero disrespect. That&rsquo;s how most of the real world outside of the internet is. If you find yourself falling for the anger, go out in the real world and make yourself human again,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During a discussion with USC&#8217;s interim President Beong-Soo Kim shared on X, Schwarzenegger expressed his sorrow over Kirk&#8217;s death simply for holding different views. He described Kirk as a talented communicator and strong advocate for Republican causes whose life was tragically cut short. Schwarzenegger emphasized Kirk&#8217;s ability to engage respectfully with both supporters and opponents alike.<\/p>\n<p>He also reflected on the personal loss, noting that Kirk was a devoted father and husband whose children will now only know him through stories rather than bedtime moments. At USC&#8217;s International Day of Democracy event, Schwarzenegger highlighted how social media and political divisions have fueled hatred in the country. He called out social media platforms, mainstream media outlets, and political parties from both sides for deepening these divides.<\/p>\n<p>Schwarzenegger warned that continuing down this path threatens democracy itself but expressed hope that people have the power to change course. He urged individuals-especially students-to come together across differences as an example for others nationwide instead of escalating conflict or treating opposing views as enemies.<\/p>\n<p>In his accompanying post, he pointed out that despite what is often seen online-the worst behavior amplified by anger-driven algorithms-the real-life audience at USC showed respect without heckling or shouting. 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