“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 recordApril 8, 2024
I am concerned that we are significantly eroding our deterrence by setting these sorts of ambiguous boundaries.
Said by
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Capito expresses concern over the administration's deterrence policy and ambiguous messaging to adversaries.

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