Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger likens the mob that stormed the US Capitol to the Nazis and calls President Donald Trump a failed leader who ‘will go down in history as the worst president ever’.
The Republican said in a video he posted on social media on Sunday “Wednesday was the night of broken glass here in the United States.” In 1938, Nazis in Germany and Austria vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses during an attack known as Kristallnacht or ‘the night of broken glass’.
‘The broken glass was in the windows of the American Capitol. “Not only did the mob break the windows of the Capitol, but they shattered the ideas we take for granted,” he said. “They have trampled on the principles on which our country was founded.”
Austrian-born Schwarzenegger compared the Proud Boys – a far-right American extremist group – to the Nazis. Some Proud Boys leaders were arrested in the country’s capital before and after Wednesday’s riots.
In his video, Schwarzenegger calls Trump a failed leader and says he takes comfort in Trump’s presidency coming to an end and “will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet.”
He called for national unity and pledged his support for President-elect Joe Biden after a mob loyal to Trump broke into the US capital, temporarily suspending the election period. Members of Congress later returned and confirmed the results.
Five people were killed, including a Capitol police officer. Numerous rioters have been arrested and many more are being sought for the shameless attack.
“And to those who think they can overthrow the U.S. Constitution, know this: you will never win,” Schwarzenegger said.
During the video, which lasts longer than seven and a half minutes, Schwarzenegger compares American democracy to the sword he wielded in his early role as “Conan the Barbarian,” which he says only gets stronger when tempered.
Schwarzenegger, best known for his film as the Terminator, was elected governor of California in 2003 during a special recall election. He was later elected to a full term.
“I believe we, just as shaken by the events of recent days, will come out stronger because we now understand what can be lost,” he said, adding that those behind Wednesday’s riots – and those who spurred them on has – will be held. liable.