“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 13, 2011
When you get in the FEMA car run by Republicans, you get what you got in New Orleans.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

McDermott compares the Republican response to disasters with past failures in New Orleans.

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