“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 recordJuly 10, 2019
If that empty chair isn't a perfect metaphor for this administration's response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, I don't know what is.
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Donald Payne Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey
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Criticism of FEMA's absence at the hearing on disaster recovery.

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