Company yanks sponsorship from Schwarzenegger over "screw your freedom" rant

Sports supplement brand REDCON1 announced this week they were dropping all corporate sponsorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger and of all events related to Schwarzenegger, including the annual bodybuilding competition known as the Arnold Classic.

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In a statement, REDCON1 cited Schwarzenegger’s “anti-American” remarks.

“With such prodigious influence Arnold beholds, making the public declaration, ‘screw your freedoms’, is dangerous and anti-America. REDCON1 is a patriotic pro-freedom brand and community. We support everyone’s individual freedoms,” the company said.

“We’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars being a top sponsor of the event, and this year the exclusive sponsor of the webcast, but we can’t in good conscience continue to support & be involved with someone who has such diametrically opposed beliefs,” the statement added.

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