“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 10, 2020
This is a great injustice and one that allows the longstanding disenfranchisement of Native voters to continue.
Said by
Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Lujan calls attention to the ongoing disenfranchisement of Native voters.

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