“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 recordSeptember 7, 2022
Thanks to your decency and thanks to your strength -- maybe most of all, thanks to your faith in our democracy and the American people, the country is better off than when you took office.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Obama expresses gratitude towards Biden for his leadership and faith in democracy.

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