“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 recordDecember 1, 2022
As far as I'm concerned, he can be anything he wants to be, except for a United States Senator.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Former President Obama expressed his disapproval of Herschel Walker's qualifications for the Senate.

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