“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 15, 2025
I wish that he would have reached out and identified himself and let us know who he was and that he wanted to talk
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Kristi Noem
Republican · South Dakota
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cbsnews.com

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Noem comments on Padilla's approach during the news conference incident.

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