“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 recordJune 11, 2019
So we are dealing with a thug, here. We are dealing a thug here that we are giving arms to.
Said by
Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Espaillat criticizes U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, calling its leader a thug.

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