“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
there are going to be moments when you--in your analysis--your agency's analysis is going to differ from the policy proclivities of the Administration.
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Avril Haines
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Haines acknowledges potential conflicts between intelligence analysis and administration policies.

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