Ever since Trump publicly issued an official statement on the Charlottesville rally, many people have stepped forward to criticize his words, here in America, and worldwide.
Now Arnold Schwarzenegger is adding his voice to that chorus.
Schwarzenegger, former governor of California and also a Republican, has been critical of the president in the past. The president isn't a big fan of Schwarzenegger's either, and has taken time out of his busy presidential schedule to lampoon Schwarzenegger's work as the new host of the Celebrity Apprentice.
In a video posted to ATTN's Facebook page, Schwarzenegger has a suggestion for Trump on how he should’ve responded to the rally, saying “there are no two sides to bigotry.”
“The only way to beat the loud and angry voices of hate is to meet them with louder and more reasonable voices. And that includes you, President Trump,” Schwarzenegger said. “In fact, as president of this great country, you have a moral responsibility to send an unequivocal message that you don’t stand for hate and racism.”
Welp.
Schwarzenegger isn’t here for the “many sides” passiveness, either! He even offered to help Trump out with a draft speech:
“‘As President of the United States, and as a Republican, I reject the support of white supremacists,'” he says. “‘The country that defeated Hitler’s armies is no place for Nazi flags. The party of Lincoln won’t stand with those who carry the battle flags of the failed Confederacy.’”
Schwarzenegger had some strong words for white supremacists, too, reminding them that the Nazis were not only the mortal enemies of the United States, but that they also killed millions.
"I knew the original Nazis," Schwarzenegger said, reminding us that he was born in Austria right after World War II. He calls the Nazis in his hometown "broken men … filled with shrapnel and guilt" who "spent the rest of their lives living in shame," and who he says "right now are resting in hell."
21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch also had some choice words for Trump's Charlottesville statements.
Even though Trump has been good to his family's business interests, Murdoch has had it with the president's rhetoric.
According to The New York Times, Murdoch sent an email condemning Trump's actions to people he addressed as "friends" in "a personal capacity, as a concerned citizen and a father."
The executive wrote, "What we watched this last week in Charlottesville and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people."
In the email, Murdoch said that he has donated $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League, and asked his friends to donate as well.
"I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis," Murdoch said, "Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so."
