以下施瓦辛格講話的全文翻譯（後附英文原文）：
我其實不做競選代言。我不羞於分享我的觀點，但討厭政治，也不信任大多數政客。我明白大家想聽我說話，因為我不僅是名人，還是前共和黨州長。擔任州長時，我學會了熱愛政策而非玩弄政治。我為我所做的事情感到自豪，包括淨化空氣、創造就業、平衡預算、進行加州歷史上最大的基礎設施投資，以及在選區劃分和初選上將權力從政客手中交還給人民。這就是政策。它需要與對方合作，而不是為了贏得下一次選舉去侮辱對方。透過政策幫助人們改善生活讓我感到滿足，就像我現在在南加州大學研究所為清潔空氣而努力一樣，我們在這裡剝奪那些反人民政客的權力。
坦白說，我現在不喜歡任何一方。共和黨人忘記了自由市場的價值，推高赤字並拒絕接受選舉結果。民主黨在赤字管理上也好不到哪裡去，我擔心他們的地方政策會影響我們的城市，導致犯罪上升。我比以往更討厭政治，如果你不是沉迷於這種廢話的正常人，你應該能理解這一點。我很想退出江湖，不再發聲。但我不能，因為拒絕選舉結果是最不愛國的行為。稱美國是世界的垃圾桶，這讓我很生氣。在我成為共和黨人之前，我首先是美國人。這就是為什麼我本週投票給了卡馬拉·哈里斯和蒂姆·沃爾茲。
我與你們分享這些，因為我認為很多人和我一樣，不認識我們的國家，有理由憤怒。我們討論國家債務、移民改革已有幾十年，華盛頓卻無所作為。我們越來越憤怒，因為唯一受益的不是人民，而是那些用選舉口號操控局勢的政客。這對他們而言是一場遊戲，但對美國人來說，這是真實的生活。我們應該生氣！
然而，一個候選人不尊重你的選票，派支持者衝擊國會大廈，自己卻在旁觀看；一個候選人除了減稅外無力推行其他政策，而這些減稅只利於捐贈者和富人；一個候選人把與自己意見相左的美國人視為更大的敵人——這並不能解決我們的問題。如果他當選，我們將迎來四年空話，憤怒加深、分裂擴大。我不想看到這樣的未來。我們需要結束美國曆史的這一章，而我知道前總統不會做到這一點。他只會繼續分裂，侮辱，實現新的不愛國方式。
這就是我分享投票意向的原因。我希望作為一個國家前進，儘管對他們的平臺有不同意見，但我認為與哈里斯和沃爾茲一同邁進是唯一的出路。本週投票，翻開新的一頁，將這些垃圾拋在腦後。即使你不同意我的看法，也要投票，因為這是我們作為美國人的責任。
https://iwillvote.com/
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/30/arnold-schwarzenegger-endorses-kamala-harris-i-will-always-be-an-american-before-i-am-a-republican
Arnold Schwarzenegger：
I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians. I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor. My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California. That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.
Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime. It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand. I want to tune out. But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious. And I will always be an American before I am a Republican. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious. For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing. The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better. It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed! But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea – that won’t solve our problems. It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful. We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.
That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz. Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us. And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans.
https://iwillvote.com/
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以下網站是各選區的投票指南，其中包括從總統到地方各級候選人，還有各種提案的投票建議：
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https://bluevoterguide.org/
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https://go.kamalaharris.com/
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