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Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I think it's always been vulnerable. I mean, don't forget that when I came over to America in the '60s, there was –…”

On the recordOctober 28, 2023
I think it's always been vulnerable. I mean, don't forget that when I came over to America in the '60s, there was – President Kennedy was assassinated, Robert Kennedy was assassinated, Martin Luther King was assassinated. There was violence beyond belief at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, where people were clubbed to death and attacked and all of that stuff by the police. There was the Vietnam War. There was wars going on. So, I mean, there was total madness and some how – and there was Watergate right after that. So somehow, we came out of all that because there was a leader that was sane and that showed great leadership, which was Ronald Reagan.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses the historical vulnerabilities of democracy in the U.S. and the leadership of Ronald Reagan during a tumultuous time.

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