“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordOctober 16, 2019
With this powerful deterrent gone, a wave of restrictive voting laws went into place.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama
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Sewell discusses the impact of the Shelby County v. Holder ruling on voting rights.

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