In more recent years, longtime Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger has drifted away from the party he’d always represented, thanks to one man: Donald Trump. In a statement on his Twitter account in 2016, the former governor explained that he felt like it was important to put his love of America ahead of his party loyalty, implying that a presidential victory for Trump would endanger the country. “For the first time since I became a citizen in 1983, I will not vote for the Republican candidate for President,” Schwarzenegger announced, admitting that he wasn’t sure exactly how he would vote. The actor went on to urge his fellow Republicans to do the right thing, observing that he used to be proud to be part of “the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.”
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In the wake of Trump’s election and the outbreak of white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Schwarzenegger made a rare speech about the Nazis he grew up around, calling on Trump to condemn neo-Nazi groups in a 2017 video posted on Facebook. “The world is watching,” he insisted. The actor also addressed the white supremacist groups themselves, telling them: “Your heroes are losers.” Reflecting on his childhood, Schwarzenegger added, “Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men. … I can tell you that these ghosts that you idolize spent the rest of their lives living in shame, and right now, they’re resting in hell.”
