“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 recordApril 2, 2009
I regard it as an unplanned event. Sure, there was planning, and, sure, most of the planning worked.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Editor's note · Context

Norton acknowledges the unpredictability of the inauguration's challenges despite prior planning.

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