“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 recordJune 5, 2023
Isn't this a quintessential threat to democracy when laws are imposed not by the elected Representatives of the people, but entirely contrary to their wishes as they express them through the vote?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California
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McClintock questions the legitimacy of laws made without elected representatives' consent.

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