“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.”
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On the recordJune 3, 2026
Intel and the ODNI specifically has been a nonpartisan role, and it’s got to stay that way.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma
Source
washingtonexaminer.com

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for nonpartisanship in the ODNI role.

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