“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 recordJanuary 10, 2026
Philosophically, I completely disagree with this. But I’m not going to leave millions of Americans who truly need health care insurance in the lurch.
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Derrick Van Orden
Republican · Wisconsin
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nytimes.com

Editor's note · Context

Expressing his stance on supporting health care subsidies.

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