“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 recordNovember 30, 2011
we got a real problem in what I would call an enthusiasm gap or an urgency gap.
Said by
Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho
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Editor's note · Context

Risch identifies a disconnect in urgency between branches of government.

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