“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 recordMay 19, 2021
Well, you have people like Marjorie Taylor Smith and others of her ilk on the House side, you know, they -- what can I say?
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii
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Hirono reflects on the opposition to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act from certain Republican lawmakers.

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