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Kimmel Battles With Schwarzenegger, Claims GOP Doesn’t Stand For Freedom

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Berrien, H. (2026, November 12). Kimmel Battles With Schwarzenegger, Claims GOP Doesn’t Stand For Freedom. The Daily Wire. https://www.dailywire.com/news/kimmel-battles-with-schwarzenegger-claims-gop-doesnt-stand-for-freedom

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The Daily Wire · collected 2026-11-12 · by Hank Berrien

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This analysis piece describes a confrontation where late-night host Jimmy Kimmel challenged Arnold Schwarzenegger's claim that he remains a "traditional" Republican who honors the party's role in freeing slaves. The text contrasts Schwarzenegger's historical perspective with Kimmel's assertion that the modern GOP no longer represents those values, while arguing that Democrats are the party currently restricting freedom. To support this angle, the author cites specific examples including a voter-registration fraud case in Pennsylvania, a struck-down noncitizen voting law in New York City, and a blocked resolution regarding noncitizen voting in D.C.
Written by AI on 2026-11-14, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).
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The Daily WireThis outlet12 Nov

This analysis piece describes a confrontation where late-night host Jimmy Kimmel challenged Arnold Schwarzenegger's claim that he remains a "traditional" Republican who honors the party's role in freeing slaves. The text contrasts Schwarzenegger's historical perspective with Kimmel's assertion that the modern GOP no longer represents those values, while arguing that Democrats are the party currently restricting…

Kimmel Battles With Schwarzenegger, Claims GOP Doesn’t Stand For Freedom (this article)
Fox News12 Nov

Actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Wednesday to declare that he remains a Republican despite his disagreements with the modern GOP. Schwarzenegger defended his party's historical role in civil rights and cited the bipartisan cooperation of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon as the model for the type of Republican he identifies with. He criticized the…

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Jimmy Kimmel if he still considers himself a Republican →
The Blaze13 Nov

Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to describe his personal definition of a traditional Republican as someone who admires the party's historical role in freeing slaves. The former California governor explained that his specific philosophy is a mix of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, which includes supporting environmental initiatives like the EPA and the California Air Resources Board…

Schwarzenegger debates Kimmel on what a 'traditional Republican' is — and you might not like his definition →

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When Schwarzenegger told the late-night host that he’s still a proud “traditional” Republican, the kind who honors the party that freed the slaves and gave them citizenship and the vote, Kimmel jumped in.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-14
In New York City, Democrats passed a law in 2021 to let more than 800,000 noncitizens vote in local races, and former Mayor Eric Adams let it take effect.
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Kimmel Battles With Schwarzenegger, Claims GOP Doesn’t Stand For Freedom · assertive framing

Claims (28 extracted, 1 hedged)

Leftist late-night host Jimmy Kimmel attacked Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday after the former California governor and movie star pointed out the GOP is the party of Lincoln. asserted
GOP → attack → Lincoln
When Schwarzenegger told the late-night host that he’s still a proud “traditional” Republican, the kind who honors the party that freed the slaves and gave them citizenship and the vote, Kimmel jumped in. asserted
Kimmel → tell → citizenship
Schwarzenegger: Yeah, I’m a Republican, absolutely. asserted
I → ’m → ?
What does that even mean anymore? asserted
that → mean → What
A traditional Republican is someone that admires the Republican Party for having freed the slaves. asserted
that → admire → slaves
Yeah, that was — they don’t get credit for that anymore, come on now. asserted
they → get → that
This is what I’m about. asserted
I → ’m → what
You know, that someone did — that has given the slaves American citizenship and giving them the rights to vote. asserted
that → know → rights
This sounds like all the opposite things that the Republican Party stands for now, though, doesn’t it? asserted
it → sound → that
That’s a cheap shot and it gets things backward. asserted
it → ’ → things
To many conservatives, the Democrat Party is the one that is tightening its grip on ordinary Americans with the slow loss of freedom. asserted
that → tighten → freedom
The Democrats favor soaring tax rates and student-loan bailouts, letting the federal government take more of what workers earn and keep. asserted
workers → favor → what
Welfare programs help build voting blocs that depend on government checks. asserted
that → build → checks
Red tape favored by Democrats include climate mandates, DEI quotas, gun restrictions, campus speech codes, cancel culture, and corporate pressure campaigns. asserted
tape → favor → mandates
In Pennsylvania, Delaware County’s Democrat DA charged Jennifer Hill, a canvasser for the New Pennsylvania Project, a voter-registration outfit modeled on Stacey Abrams’ Georgia group. asserted
DA → charge → group
Prosecutors say she tried to put dead people on the rolls, including her own father and another person who died in her home. asserted
who → say → home
The DA warned that the case exposed loopholes in the state’s system. asserted
case → warn → system
The group says it suspended Hill and halted some registration drives. asserted
it → say → drives
In New York City, Democrats passed a law in 2021 to let more than 800,000 noncitizens vote in local races, and former Mayor Eric Adams let it take effect. asserted
it → pass → effect
The RNC sued immediately. asserted
RNC → sue → ?
New York’s high court eventually sided with the Republicans who challenged the law, striking it down 6-1. D.C. Democrats tried something similar. asserted
Democrats → side → something
The House voted to block the capital’s noncitizen-voting law 260-162, and 42 Democrats crossed over to join the GOP. asserted
Democrats → vote → GOP
The House vote did not actually block the law. asserted
vote → block → law
The resolution of disapproval was not considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate, so D.C.’s noncitizen voting law went into effect. asserted
law → consider → effect
In January 2022, he suggested the midterms “could easily be illegitimate” if his party’s voting overhaul didn’t pass. uncertain
overhaul → suggest → January
Conservatives called that hypocrisy from the same people who blasted Georgia’s election-integrity law as “Jim Crow.” asserted
who → call → Crow
So who stands for freedom? asserted
who → stand → freedom
Schwarzenegger pointed to Lincoln. asserted
Schwarzenegger → point → Lincoln
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