former Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris

The “Terminator” actor previously refused to vote for Trump in 2016 and called him “the worst president ever” in 2021.

Actor and former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on Wednesday October 30 that he would vote for Democrat Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, saying he was disillusioned by politics but too “furious” facing Donald Trump to remain silent.

In a long message on X, Elon Musk's social media platform, which ardently supports Donald Trump, the actor Conan the Barbarian et Terminator says he wants to stay “disconnected” of politics, that he “hate it more than ever”. “But I can't”, he explains. “Because rejecting the results of an election is the most un-American” et “saying America is trash to the world is so unpatriotic it makes me angry“, specifies the former Republican governor of California (2003-2011), known for his environmental commitments at the head of the state.

“And I will always be an American before being a Republican. That's why this week I'm voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz“, writes the man who succeeded Donald Trump in the mid-2010s… at the helm of the show The celebrity apprentice.

The former “Mr. Universe” previously refused to vote for Trump in 2016 and called him “worst president ever” in 2021. For him, the return of the billionaire to the White House would mean “four more years of fruitless bullshit that will make us more and more angry, divided and full of hatred“.

He draws up a long list of grievances against him, accusing him of “only respect your vote when it is for him“, “to send his supporters to invade the Capitol while he watches while drinking a Diet Coke“or even in particular”not to work on any reform other than tax cuts for its donors or other rich people like me“.

Arnold Schwarzenegger joins other figures associated with Republicans who are calling for choosing Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, such as former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the most high-profile takes for the Democratic candidate, or her daughter and former Member of Parliament Liz Cheney.