“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 1, 2020
These are not Republican or Democratic values... They're American values. And we have to reclaim that.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Obama calls for a return to shared American values amidst political division.

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