“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 recordJuly 1, 2021
I`m not making any threats about committee assignments. But, as you know how Congress works, if a person is Republican, they get their committee assignments from the Republican Conference.
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Kevin McCarthy
Republican · California
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Kevin McCarthy comments on the committee assignments and the implications of accepting them from Speaker Pelosi.

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