“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 recordFebruary 23, 2021
That is part of what is happening in our border is climate change with what we are witnessing with some of the people who are fleeing the effects of climate change in Central America.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota
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Editor's note · Context

McCollum connects climate change to migration issues at the U.S. border.

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