Arnold Schwarzenegger Just Tweeted About Donald Trump's Remark That 'He Died'
Reports of Arnold Schwarzenegger's death have been greatly exaggerated. The actor is very much alive, and is in fact in such good health that he has become the very latest person to clash with President Donald Trump on Twitter.
Trump was the one to suggest that the Terminator star was no more: the "death" to which he referred was in the ratings of reality show Celebrity Apprentice, where Schwarzenegger took over from Trump as host. Hunter Walker, the White House correspondent for Yahoo News, reported that Trump said of his successor: "Arnold Schwarzenegger ... You know what? He died ... I was there."
“Arnold Schwarzenegger ... You know what? He died ... I was there.” - President Donald J. Trump — Arnold Schwarzenegger is, in fact, alive
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) July 11, 2019
Arnie himself saw the quote, and decided to tweet that he is "still here," just in case anybody was wondering. He also included a quip about Trump's tax returns.
I’m still here. Want to compare tax returns, @realDonaldTrump? https://t.co/lMQHsE1bQK
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) July 11, 2019
Moving swiftly on from that dig, the former Governor of California then took the opportunity to draw his followers' attention to the issue of gerrymandering. "Instead of being distracted by television ratings, let’s fix our politics," he tweeted. "The only way to drain the swamp is by letting the voters pick their politicians, instead of continuing to let the politicians pick their voters. #terminategerrymandering"
Instead of being distracted by television ratings, let’s fix our politics. The only way to drain the swamp is by letting the voters pick their politicians, instead of continuing to let the politicians pick their voters. #terminategerrymandering https://t.co/EVsSC34QSU
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) July 12, 2019
Gerrymandering is a process which alters the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor a certain political party. It is a process which "disenfranchises voters, draws our elected representatives to ideological extremes and... is one of the biggest hurdles to an effective and responsive system of government," according to an op-ed authored by Schwarzenegger for USA Today this week.
Schwarzenegger served as the Governor of California from 2003 to 2011, earning himself the nickname the "Governator" after his most famous film role. He has since returned to acting, reprising the role of the T-800 in Terminator: Dark Fate. And if him recently getting drop-kicked at a sporting event taught us anything, it's that it takes a lot — more than low TV ratings, anyway — to take Arnie down.
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