Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
appealed for unity Sunday after the violent attack on the US
Capitol, which he described as an attempted coup by President
Donald Trump, drawing comparisons to Nazi
Germany.
In a video posted on Twitter that quickly went viral, the
Hollywood star compared the attack by Trump supporters to
Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazis carried
out pogroms in Germany in 1938 that included breaking the windows
of Jewish-owned stores.
“Wednesday was the Day of Broken Glass right here in the United
States,” said Schwarzenegger gravely, sitting at his desk between
the US and California state flags.
“The broken glass was in the windows of the United States
Capitol.
“Growing up, I was surrounded by broken men, drinking away their
guilt over their participation in the most evil regime in history,”
continued Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria in 1947.
“I have never shared this so publicly because it is a painful
memory, but my fat her would come home drunk once or twice a week
and he would scream and hit us and scare my mother.”
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The actor, known for his roles in the “Terminator” franchise and
“Conan the Barbarian,” did not explicitly say his father had been a
Nazi, but said, “my father and our neighbors were misled also with
lies, and I know where such lies lead.”
“President Trump sought to overturn the results of an election
and of a fair election. He sought a coup by misleading people with
lies,” Schwarzenegger said.
“President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history
as the worst president ever. The good thing is that he soon will be
as irrelevant as an old tweet.
“No matter what your political affiliation is, I ask you to join
me in saying to President-elect Biden, ‘President-elect Biden, we
wish you great success as our President. If you succeed, our nation
succeeds,’” Schwarzenegger concluded.
“And to those who think they can overturn the United States
Constitution, know this: you will never win.”
AFP
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Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, Minister of State for Health, Monday
said that the ongoing registration and National Identification
Number enrolment may be suspended due to the rise in the number of
Covid-19 cases in the country.
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As at yesterday, 100,087 cases have been confirmed by the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). 1358 are reported dead
since Coronavirus stormed Nigeria on February, 2020. Also, about
80,030 persons have been treated and discharged.
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On Sunday 10, 2021, NCDC confirmed 1,544 new infections of the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. This however is a wake-up
call to all Nigerian that Covid-19 is real.
In other to stem the spread, Mamora while playing host on
Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme today, said it would
be wise if NIN enrolment and registration is suspended.
“I don’t feel good looking at the picture where people are
gathered in multitude; it’s like a super-spreader event which we
don’t like. But I’m also aware that the relevant ministry which is
the communications and digital economy is looking at this.
“My understanding is that the whole process may be suspended so
as to reorder the whole process in terms of management of the crowd
because it was never intended that it would become a rowdy process
like that.
“We have a duty as government to ensure that people are
protected; we also have a duty to ensure people comply within the
limit of what is good for the society at large.”