Arnold Schwarzenegger identifies as a Republican. Still, the Environmental News Network claims the former California governor is “too, too liberal for the conservatives.” Unlike many other Republicans, Schwarzenegger is an outspoken environmentalist and pro-vaxxer. He’s voted on legislation to ensure equal rights for married gay couples and the expansion of anti-hate crime laws to protect trans people. He went head to head with the NRA and voted to prohibit the sale of high-powered .50-caliber weapons.
And Schwarzenegger refuses to bow down and support Donald Trump, unlike nearly 70% of GOP members who continue to stand by the beleaguered former POTUS, according to a recent NBC poll. Schwarzenegger slammed 45 following the January 6 insurrections. “President Trump sought to overturn the results of an election […] He sought a coup by misleading people with lies,” Schwarzenegger said in a video posted to Twitter. “And I know where such lies lead. President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president ever.”
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The Los Angeles Times reports that Schwarzenegger caused a Republican firestorm after speaking out in defense of Gavin Newsom. Schwarzenegger said he believed Californians made the correct choice when they stood by the Democratic governor and refused to recall him. “I think voters made the right decision,” he said. “It’s better to stay with someone who you know what they’re going to do rather than someone who comes in wacky and is changing everything around.”
