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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
Iedereen heeft het wel telkens over de pepernoten die steeds vroeger in de winkels liggen, maar waar blijft de petitie tegen de kastanjes! Die liggen dus gewoon ook al op straat! #Ontkenningsfase#Herfst
Mijn kinderen spelen in het zwembad dat ze Harrie en Karolien zijn. Twee keer verkeerde sport, maar nieuwe (Olympische) helden zijn ze zeker! Dank @HarrieLavreysen en #KarolienFlorijn voor de inspiratie!
@maduc Juist daarom mis ik jou! Als er iemand saaie touretappes vol kon praten... Maar ik zou het zeker niet beter doen hoor, het is inderdaad gemakkelijk praten vanaf mijn bank!
Wat een slecht SCHREEUWERIG commentaar bij de opening van de Spelen... Ik mis @maduc eigenlijk 😉 Kunnen we die over vier jaar niet invliegen? Vooral in die route van het paard hadden wat feiten en wetenswaardigheden prima gepast! #Paris2024#OpeningCeremony
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@mkeulemans@leenvervaeke Is bij veel (basis)scholen hier ook het geval: ramen open omdat de verwarming centraal geregeld wordt... Iets met gedeelde verantwoordelijkheid voor gebouwen tussen school en gemeente. Over klimaatbewust gesproken...
Geert Wilders moet zich houden aan de grondwet maar wat houdt dit eigenlijk in? De Nederlandse Grondwet is vastgelegd in 1814 en telt nu 142 artikelen. Niels en Jeroen leggen het voor je uit in één minuut. 👩⚖️👨⚖️
Ring bevestigt dat oud-werknemers jarenlang stiekem mee hebben lopen loeren met de slimme camera's van klanten.
Nu bespioneren ze je nog maar heeeeeel soms, zegt het bedrijf. De zoveelste reden om al die IoT-meuk te mijden.
Op deze dag in 1998 ging Shakespeare in love in première. Zo’n charmante film over hoe Shakespeare zijn inspiratie voor zijn werken zou hebben gekregen. Zeven Oscars - en terecht. Film zit vol met historische onnauwkeurigheden, maar: who cares? Geweldige cast ook!