Arnold Schwarzenegger has triggered fairly a response on social media as he and NCS host Jake Tapper butt heads dwell on air over “extreme gerrymandering” in blue states
Arnold Schwarzenegger received NCS viewers speaking for extra causes than one following his interview with Jake Tapper.
The Terminator icon accused US politicians of making an attempt to “out-cheat” each other as subsequent yr’s mid-term elections shut in. During an appearance on NCS on Sunday (October 26), the 78-year-old film star railed towards a gerrymandering arms race at present enjoying out between states.
“There’s this war going on all over the United States. Who can out-cheat the other one?” the Republican former governor, who served from 2003 to 2011, advised Jake. “Texas started it. They did something terribly wrong. And then all of a sudden, California says, ‘Well, then we have to do something terribly wrong.’ And then now other states are jumping in.”
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Schwarzenegger’s feedback come as GOP state lawmakers press on with efforts to redraw their congressional maps on the behest of President Donald Trump, who needs to make sure the Democrats don’t win management of the House in subsequent yr’s midterm elections.
States like California and Virginia, the place Democrats would management the redistricting levers, are additionally wanting into strikes that might profit them. Efforts in Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina deliver the overall variety of new Republican-friendly districts created this yr to seven. Indiana and Kansas are additionally seeking to doubtlessly redraw their maps to favor the GOP.
Jake then requested, “Do you believe that the Republican Party is starting this?” to which Arnold answered, “No, Jake. There has been gerrymandering going on for 200 years. There is such extreme gerrymandering going on that in a state like Massachusetts, it has like 40% of the people voting for Trump, they have zero representatives.
“The Republican Party has zero representatives despatched to the House. Think about that. In New Mexico, 45% of the folks voted for Trump and vote Republican, and nil is distributed to the House, zero representatives from the Republican Party,” he added.
While Arnold’s comments would have likely divided NCS viewers, something else distracted them instead. One user took to X, formerly Twitter, to share a screen grab of Arnold’s appearance along with the caption, “What is even the aim of the hair dye at this level?” The caption likely referred to the stark contrast between Arnold’s dark brown head of hair and his white beard and eyebrows.
A second fan joked, “Arnold, it is okay to embrace Schwarzensanta. Zeus would approve,” a nod to the actor’s upcoming Christmas film titled The Man With the Bag, during which he stars as Santa Claus.
Another person prompt, “Maybe presumably he was requested to dye his hair for a film?” while someone else seconded this, commenting, “He was greater than seemingly filming a film and needed to dye his hair. He is an actor you realize.”
“I imply, in case you’re going to do it, no less than make the beard match the hair,” a fifth user wrote, as a sixth viewer decided to use Arnold as an example to other men, penning, “Fellas take observe. Silver is horny. This simply appears foolish. Let it go pure.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the former California governor, whose father was a member of the Nazi Party, reflected on his family’s history during the State of the Union.
Jake raised the Arnolds’ controversial family past while discussing recent controversies involving Nazi symbols and rhetoric, including Senate hopeful Graham Platner’s tattoo of a Nazi symbol, Trump aide Paul Ingrassia’s pro-Nazi texts, and the leaked Young Republicans group chat.
“The cause I deliver [these controversies] up is as a result of you’ve spoken so movingly previously about your father‘s membership in the Nazi Party, denouncing it. What is your message to anybody in politics today embracing or praising Nazis or Hitler in any way?” Jake said.
Arnold was silent for a moment before admitting he didn’t “know something” concerning the particular scandals. But he had a transparent message to any admirers of the Third Reich.
“I can simply let you know one factor,” he started. “Anyone that idolizes Nazis, it‘s bad news. Because we have been there before, and we have seen the outcome. There are no winners, okay? It‘s that simple. And I think that‘s not the direction we want to go.”