Frederik Willaert

a *how* guy in a *what* world

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@GuillaumeVdS De laatste zin is heerlijk :)

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@erwin_glassee @JogchumV Hmmmm... En wat zou dat precies oplossen? 🤔
BTW was dat geen vrachtwagen met schoolboeken toevallig?

[Zeljko Hrastinski @vucijebratstvo]

A woman in Croatia was found, he does not know who and where he is, speak English, maybe someone recognizes, let me know or to the police phone [phone]

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@CGijbels Hmm.... dus Focused opkuisen klinkt blijkbaar als "Select All -> Delete"?

[Richard Ferrar @Myrddn]

From a friend: An anguished question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’
THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse:

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@federalepolitie Wat hoor ik te doen als ik op https://t.co/yXpkZ7SStw een boete wil betwisten maar telkens dit krijg, zelfs na meerdere pogingen en helemaal opnieuw beginnen??

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@Vincent_T_ @Maggie_DeBlock @wbeke Thailand doet beter omdat het met SARS en MERS twee waarschuwingen/oefeningen heeft gehad. Die ze overigens goed doorstaan heeft, meen ik te begrijpen. Is dat niet de eenvoudige verklaring?

[Dagelijkse Kots @Dagelijkskotsen]

IK VRAAG ME AF HOE HET MET DIT KIND ZOU ZIJN

[𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙚 @davelike_]

@shanselman Reminds me of this 😂

[Lieselot Van Mol @LieselotVanMol]

Ik ken Mieke niet, maar ze heeft meer dan één punt.

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@sarnauts comments? :+)

[Christophe Gijbels @CGijbels]

Ik geraak niet over het onbehaaglijk gevoel dat ik krijg wanneer ik @DoccleBE moet linken met @itsmeDigitalID om mijn extra beveiligde documenten te kunnen openen. Kijk toch naar de gegevens die gedeeld gaan worden. Die zijn toch allemaal niet noodzakelijk hiervoor? #rejectagain

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@CGijbels Spijtig nu toch. Maar het zijn vast fervente twitter gebruikers die jou volgen en dit morgen allemaal gaan lezen en dan hun leven beteren. Mission accomplished 🙌

[Marc Van Ranst @vanranstmarc]

@DVanLangenhove Dries, ik heb nu geen tijd om te komen spelen met jullie. ik moet nog een pandemie te lijf. Tot later misschien.

[rat king 🐀 @MikeIsaac]

this guy rules

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@CGijbels @vrtnws Die verschillende klassen samen is een vraagteken, maar vermijden dat enkele honderden kinderen in elke school elke dag samenkomen zou toch moeten helpen om de piek af te vlakken? Want daarover hebben we het he, niet over vermijden maar over vertragen

[Geert Noels @GeertNoels]

We hebben de banken gered in 2008.
Laat ons onze horeca-ondernemers ook redden. Niet door de overheid, maar door ons allen. Na april, gaan we allen eens wat meer uitgeven om hen te steunen.
Idem retail en kleine zelfstandigen.

[Frederik Willaert @FreeWillaert]

@IlseDegryse @NMBS Misschien is dit zinniger: behoud eerste klasse voor voor ouderen?