What Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks about democracy
Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and Republican politician (born 1947) who was governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
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4 dated positions, 2019 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Arnold Schwarzenegger has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingAnswering Trump's gerrymandering with a Democratic gerrymander in California means becoming Trump
Their wordsIt doesn’t make any sense to me that because we have to fight Trump, to become Trump
- 11 months earlier
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Their wordsBecause rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets.
- 4 years earlier
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Their wordsour democracy is like the steel of this sword. The more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes. Our democracy has been tempered by wars, injustices, and insurrections.
↗Arnold Schwarzenegger's video address on the attack on the U.S. Capitol, posted 10 January 2021 (transcript published by Rev)rev.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 16 months earlier
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Their wordsAll of this is bad for democracy. Gerrymandering insulates politicians from the voters. It entrenches a party in power, providing a firewall that preserves a majority even when the other side wins more votes. It pushes our politics to the extremes