Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris: ‘I will always be an American before I am a Republican’

www.theguardian.com

Wow, is this cycle doing some interesting things. I've never really much cared one way or the other about Schwarzenegger, but this impressed me, as it meets me where I am:

“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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Democrats are the new Republicans now that the Republicans have been entirely consumed by the fascist ideology of Trump and Musk.
- And they have the neoliberal policies to match!
- The tent is getting bigger.

Added context for anyone who isn't aware, Schwarzenegger was the Republican governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
- Adding context to context, there was a movement to change the constitution to allow him to run for president around then too
  
  And I think he may have even said to not change it for him. I could be wrong though.

The Governator has spoken
- He won it in a Total Recall.
  
  In Demolition man, they passed the 61st Amendment to allow him to be president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Opportunity_to_Govern_Amendment#In_popular_culture
- The terminator has spoken

Maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time that Arnold has voted against his own party. Does someone else remember...?
- He has. What he's not previously done is tell us that we're right to be furious. Perhaps there's meaning there.

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