“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 recordSeptember 20, 2023
It seems like old inequalities that existed before the pandemic snapped back after pandemic programs expired.
Said by
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Lujan highlights the resurgence of pre-pandemic inequalities in child poverty rates.

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