“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 recordMay 15, 2023
I want to condemn the hateful violence we saw yesterday when two Congressional staffers... were beaten with a baseball bat while at work in Virginia for Congressman Gerald Connolly.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi
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Thompson condemns violence against Congressional staffers and calls for their recovery.

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