“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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On the recordOctober 3, 2006
This story took a very ominous turn for Republicans today. Not only is the FBI moving, but the -- the assertion by this former Foley chief of staff that he told Speaker Hastert's office some time ago, a long time ago, two to three years ago, that there were real problems and nothing happened, I think has -- has converted this from a -- a serious problem to a crisis for the speaker and for the Republicans.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts
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Gergen discusses the implications of the FBI's involvement in the Mark Foley scandal and its impact on Republican leadership.

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