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Cross-posted from "Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris: ‘I will always be an American before I am a Republican’" by @Powderhorn@beehaw.org in !politics@beehaw.org


“I will always be an American before I am a Republican,” he wrote. “That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognise our country. And you are right to be furious.”

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 70 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Noice. Call Arnold whatever you want, he's no MAGA ass-kisser.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 57 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He's an interesting character. I don't agree with a lot of his ideas but they feel like they come from a genuinely altruistic place. The antithesis of maga.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Seriously, he’s another Republican I’d trust to actually want to do the right thing even if I disagree on how.

Interesting parallel to us in Massachusetts with Romney. A blue state electing a Republican governor and generally being happy with it. Also you wouldn’t expect much from an actor or vulture capitalist, but they deliver

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

When he says something its honest as opposed to the majority of republicans just project their intentions on their enemies. The important thing here is their idea anyone who doesn't agree with them is a enemy.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 66 points 6 days ago

He did some dumb god damn shit in California back in the day, and he's doing the obviously right thing now that things are so different. We gather every partial win and stand together against the limpdicks.

Vote.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Just don’t type the before to that after

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 318 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (22 children)

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. 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.

Spoken like a true republican.

Democratic administrations are better with the economy than republican administrations in virtually every case for the last 75 years. Plus, don't forget that Clinton not only balanced the budget during his term, he left office with a projected budget surplus that Gee Dubya threw away with his tax cuts for the rich and unfunded wars.

As for crime, crime rates have been steadily dropping for decades and continued to drop under the Biden administration. In fact, violent crime rates are near a 50-year low!

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago

Frankly it's the kind of endorsement that is more helpful. If a moderate Republican retains the rhetoric but otherwise rejects Trump, well that might sway moderate Republican voters. If he declared the entire party was mistaken, well he loses those folks and only appeals to the folks that were already in the Harris column.

A republican saying that the Democrats are still bad, but Trump is uniquely worse and has lead the Republican leadership to lose its way, that might appeal to some people that thought to vote r no matter what, even if they had doubts about Trump.

[–] False@lemmy.world 199 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Spoken like a true republican.

I'll take that over whatever MAGA is.

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