In a statement provided to Yahoo Entertainment, Brian Powers, executive director of the Arnold Sports Festival, sought to return the emphasis to the event's competitors rather than the sponsors. In the meantime, the Arnold Classic is moving forward with its planned Sept. 13 essay for The Atlantic, he described his "Screw your freedom" quip as "a little much," adding: "There is nothing that I’m more passionate about than keeping America great and it’s the only subject that can make me lose my temper." We elected to discontinue support due to Arnold’s comment, 'Screw Your Freedoms.'"Įven before REDCON1 withdrew its sponsorship from the Arnold Classic, Schwarzenegger had sought to clarify his rhetoric. These are unprecedented times and we’re aligned with public safety for all. We understand the importance of public safety as well as the responsibilities all event organizers. "To be clear we did not pull out of the event because of a mask issue. In a statement later provided to Fox News, a REDCON1 spokesperson noted that Schwarzenegger's pro-masking stance wasn't at the root of their choice either.
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That trial is set to begin in October and Singerman is named as defendant.) (Prior to founding REDCON1, Singerman was part of Blackstone Labs, which was charged with distributing illegal dietary supplements in a Department of Justice lawsuit. "When somebody says 'Screw your freedom,' I can't and REDCON1 can't in good conscience continue to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars sponsoring that person or show," he continued, adding that it wasn't a "partisan" decision.
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“You cannot say, ‘No one is going tell me that I’m going to stop here at this traffic light here, I’m going to go right through it.’ Yeah, then you kill someone else and then it is your doing.” Earlier this month, Schwarzenegger was spotted bike riding in Los Angeles.Arnold Schwarzenegger addressing the crowd at the Arnold Sports Festival on Main Columbus, Ohio. “We put the traffic light at the intersection so someone doesn’t kill someone else by accident,” Schwarzenegger said. Anthony Fauci and follow guidelines that he and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implement.
He also demanded that Americans respect experts like Dr. The people out there, the experts, they study this year after year after year.” He also used his experience as a bodybuilder to make his case to trust modern medicine: “There’s no one that knows more about a bicep than I do because I studied this issue for 50 years and the same is also with the virus. You are supposed to protect your fellow Americans around you.”Īrnold Schwarzenegger said people who are worried about their “freedom” should care about how their actions affect others. “You’re a schmuck for not wearing a mask. “Yeah, you have the freedom to wear no mask - but you know something?” Schwarzenegger continued. The 74-year-old actor was part of a panel with CNN’s Alex Vindman and Bianna Golodryga to discuss misinformation and COVID-19 policy. “There is a virus here - it kills people,” Schwarzenegger said, “and the only way we prevent it is get vaccinated, get masks, do social distancing, washing your hands all the time, and not just to think about ‘Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.’ No, screw your freedom.” The “Terminator” film icon and former governor of California spoke via YouTube Wednesday to urge “schmucks” to follow the rules and get vaccinated to “protect your fellow Americans.” Witnesses in alleged COVID vaccine fraud case put 82 NYC educators in potential legal dangerįauci admits he should have been ‘more careful’ on pandemic messagingīiden admits the pandemic is over - but his vax mandate risks military readinessĪrnold Schwarzenegger says “Hasta la vista” to anti-maskers as COVID-19 regulations return amid the Delta variant. National Guard troops leaving faster than new enlistments
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