Welp my girlfriend and I will probably never be able to start a family or buy a house but at least transgender people and minorities who don't affect me in any way will have less rights than me
No matter what happens, it saddens me deeply that rape, felonies, trying to overthrow our democracy, misogyny, racism and transphobia are somehow not deal breaks for 10’s of millions of Americans.
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
I’m sorry. If this is your team, you don’t deserve the respect of decent people until you condemn this ugliness that your leaders keep putting on stages for you to cheer.
Until then, I’m assuming you’re sitting there clapping along to this, too.
If it wasn’t clear to you that it’s the billionaires vs the rest of us, this election should put that to rest. If we make it through this, it’s time to address the vast inequality they leave in their shadows. They are not only a threat to democracy but a threat to life itself. From climate change to the very fabric of society they are a menace. No one person should hold that much power. Not on the Right or the Left. They see themselves above the law and norms. This election makes clear just what an outsized amount of power they wield. The pulling of endorsements is emblematic of the serious problems they pose. They control most of the media, they control many of our politicians, they control our institutions of learning, they control research and development of technology, and have their hands on the scale of regulations and laws. We are now witnessing the raw expression of their power with Elon suddenly, unabashedly, becoming Trump’s shadow running mate with the intention of “buying” this election. They are the dangerous elites people have been railing against. They aren’t behind the curtain any longer.
The irony of Trump's McDonald's photo op:
•As a convicted felon he can't work at McD's
•As POTUS he blocked a $15 min wage that would've helped countless McD's employees
•As POTUS he weakend McD's employees ability to Unionize
His photo op is 100% fraud—which defines him well
This is the first time in modern American history that both members of the Democratic ticket are gun owners – and the Republican nominee can’t even pass a background check.