Arnold Schwarzenegger, who also belongs to the Republican movement and was a former governor of California, fiercely criticized supporters of US President Donald Trump, who stormed the Capitol on January 6 to try to boycott a joint session of the House and Senate. to verify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
The famous star of the Terminator film saga highlighted that criticism of those events with a deep and strong message that he posted on his Instagram account.
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“As an immigrant to this country, I would like to say a few words to my fellow countrymen and to our friends around the world about the events of the past days. C.I arrived in Austria, I am very aware of the Night of the Broken Glass, which was a night of persecution and attack on the Jews carried out in 1938 by the Nazi equivalent of the Proud Boys (American far-right movement), Wednesday it was the day of the broken glass here in the United States ”, Schwarzenegger emphasized.
He also noted that the attackers not only harmed America’s democracy, but “trampled on the principles on which this country was founded. I grew up in the ruins of a country suffering from the loss of democracy. I was born in 1947, two. years after World War II. Growing up, he was surrounded by broken men who drank guilt for his part in the most evil regime in history. Not all of them were outraged, nor were they anti-Semites or Nazis, many just followed that path. by step ”,
Growing up, he was surrounded by broken men who drank guilt for his part in the most evil regime in history.
In turn, he recognized that he shared that message, despite the fact that it was a very painful memory for him. “Once a week my dad came home drunk and he could yell at us, hit or scare my mom, but I’m not entirely responsible because my neighbor did exactly the same with his family”remembered the Hollywood star.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Edward Furlong in a scene from the 1991 movie Terminator 2.
“I heard it with my own ears and I saw it with my own eyes, it was a great physical pain and a great emotional pain for what they saw or did, and it all started with lies and bigotry. Because I’m from Europe, I’ve seen firsthand how things can get out of hand, seen firsthand (…) President Trump tried to cancel the fair election. He tried to make an impact by deceiving people with lies. My father and his neighbors were also deceived with lies and now I know where those lies can lead us “, Arnold Schwarzenegger stressed.
Scene from Conan the Barbarian, 1982 with Arnold Schwarzenegger,
In his video message, he said that Donald Trump is a failed leader and the worst president in the United States. “The good thing is that it will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet”, added. In turn, he recalled that patriotism meant supporting the country and not even the president, citing President Theodore Roosevelt’s words. While stressing the need to have leaders with a soul of service and that his country will find the light after this dark episode. One of the most shocking moments in his video was when he raised the sword he used in his movie Conan the Barbarian.
My dad and his neighbors got cheated with lies too and now I know where those lies can lead us,
‘This is now the case with swords: the more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes. The more you hit with a hammer and then it heats up on the fire and then you throw it in cold water, and then you hit it again and dip it several times in the fire and water, the stronger it gets. I am not telling you all this because I want you to be a skilled sword maker. But our democracy is like its steel, the more it is tempered, the stronger it becomes ”, He explained excitedly, adding that what has happened in recent days will make Americans understand what they can lose.
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