Now-former President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede and constant peddling of false election claims culminated in the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently compared the riots to the rise of the Nazism movement.
Speaking with CNN’s Dana Bash, Schwarzenegger compared the rise of Nazism in Europe and the events that resulted in the insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five people killed and dozens injured.
Schwarzenegger spoke about the comparison during Bash’s “Total Recall: California’s Political Recall,” when they discussed the failed recall attempt against Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom as well as touching on the insurrection. The former governor compared the January 6 riots to the Kristallnacht, which was seen as the pivotal moment that led to the rise of Adolf Hitler.
Schwarzenegger said that the events are a result of “what happens when people are lied to about the elections.”
“This is so much a kind of feeling of what they were talking about when we were talking about in a Nazi time of when people were lied to all the time and what that led to,” said the former governor. “I just felt that it was so sad of what happened on January 6. Eventually, this whole thing can go really quickly south,” said Schwarzenegger, who also said that lawmakers from both parties must find common ground in solving the problems of the country if they want the country to make progress.
With October 6 marking another anniversary since the Capitol insurrection, Rep. Adam Schiff, who is on the House Committee investigating the riots, wrote a piece on Vanity Fair recalling the shouting matches between lawmakers as the mob of Trump supporters broke into the Capitol. Schiff recalled how everyone started putting on masks, with Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego having to tell people to breathe slowly as the fan did not circulate the air quickly enough.
“This is because of you!” Schiff recalled fellow Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips yelling at Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, who was speaking when the chamber was stopped.
“Shut up!” The Republicans yelled back in response.
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee also joined in the shouting, according to Schiff. “Call Trump, tell him to call off his revolutionary guards,” yelled Cohen.


Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Most Americans Expect U.S.-Iran War to Be Prolonged
Venezuela Appoints Felix Plasencia to Lead Foreign Relations and Trade
Trump to Deliver National Address on 2020 Election Intelligence, Voting Machine Security
UK Sanctions 24 Russian-Linked Targets Over Cyberattacks and Election Interference
Iraq PM Visits Washington as U.S. Oil, Gas Deals Take Center Stage
Trump Recommends Darline Graham for Interim South Carolina Senate Seat
US-Iran Strikes Escalate as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Pushes Oil Prices Higher
Ukraine, Europe Launch Freyja Missile Shield to Strengthen Air Defense Against Russia
Trump Says U.S. Strikes on Iran Will Continue Until Nuclear Deal Is Reached
Israeli Strikes Kill Six in Gaza as Ceasefire Talks Continue in Cairo
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71, Leaving South Carolina Senate Seat Vacant
EU Weighs New Trade Restrictions on Israeli West Bank Settlements
Russia Launches Missile and Drone Attacks on Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv
Brazil Court Bars Flavio Bolsonaro From Visiting Jair Bolsonaro Ahead of Election
Trump Administration Launches AI Cybersecurity Partnership to Protect Critical Infrastructure
EU to Propose New Rules Limiting Children's Access to Social Media 



