“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 14, 2026
Here's why we're here today. To ask, are we really still free? Are people still free to live where they want to live? Still free to work where they want to work? Still free to get the education they want for their children? Are they able to have all the opportunities that they've always wanted and fought for? And if the answer is not yes, and I'll tell you right now, the progress we've made for 200 years is now going backwards because of Washington DC. So that's why we march."
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Kathy Hochul
Democratic · New York
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governor.ny.gov

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Remarks at the Juneteenth Parade in Buffalo, New York.

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