--- description: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday officially endorsed Republican candidate John Kasich for president in a short Snapchat video title: Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorse John Kasich on Snapchat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorses John Kasich on Snapchat  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2016 7:49 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2016 7:49 PM CUT Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday [officially endorsed Republican candidate John Kasich](https://twitter.com/ketch/status/706559922998218752 "undefined") for president in a short Snapchat video. The action star and [former governor of California](http://governors.library.ca.gov/38-schwarzenegger.html "undefined") used the video messaging app to tell his followers who he’s supporting in the upcoming election. “I want [John Kasich](http://time.com/4244743/kasich-kasich-kasich/ "undefined") to be the next nominee of the Republicans and also to be the next president of the United States. Here he is,” he says before panning the phone camera over to Kasich. > [](https://twitter.com/ketch/status/706559922998218752) “Thank you, Arnold. Love you, man,” the presidential hopeful says with a grin. The actor then joined Kasich for a [rally in Ohio](https://johnkasich.com/ArnoldRally/ "undefined"). Schwarzenegger was [tapped to replace Republican frontrunner Donald Trump](http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/03/media/donald-trump-arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice/ "undefined") as the next host of NBC’s _Celebrity Apprentice_. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/706566971400126465) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4248965/arnold-schwarzenegger-snapchat-john-kasich/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4248965/arnold-schwarzenegger-snapchat-john-kasich/"},"headline":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorses John Kasich on Snapchat","datePublished":"2016-03-06T19:49:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:19:03.039Z","description":"“Thank you, Arnold. Love you, man\"","url":"https://time.com/4248965/arnold-schwarzenegger-snapchat-john-kasich/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4248965/arnold-schwarzenegger-snapchat-john-kasich/","name":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Endorses John Kasich on Snapchat"}}]}] ```