“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 23, 2019
Well, let me just State for the record, Madam Chair, that in my efforts to advocate for three folks, including a student at NYU high school--at NYU college and two relatives of Members of our Armed Forces, I entered what looked to be a holding facility in a jail. I was surrounded and accosted by Members of Custom and Border Patrol, denied my right to contact one of their superiors. I felt that that was a very threatening moment, not just for me, but for any American.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York
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Espaillat describes a threatening encounter with Customs and Border Patrol while advocating for detainees.

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