“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“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.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

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On the recordNovember 9, 2025
This shutdown is not about health care. This shutdown was really about Democrats saying they want to show their resistance to President Trump.
Said by
James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
Source
nbcnews.com

Editor's note · Context

Lankford argues that the shutdown is politically motivated rather than focused on health care.

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