“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 recordOctober 18, 2021
And that is an existential threat to our democracy.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Franken describes the Freedom to Vote Act as an existential threat to democracy if not passed.

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