“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 recordJanuary 14, 2021
Mitch McConnell has been the master of obstruction in the United States Senate. He's really good at figuring out how to make things not happen.
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Tina Smith
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Smith criticizes McConnell's obstructionist tactics and expresses determination to move forward with the Democratic agenda.

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