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Trump makes SHOCK ADMISSION after NIGHTMARE POLL!!!!

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Trump makes SHOCK ADMISSION after NIGHTMARE POLL!!!!", an episode of MeidasTouch published February 9, 2026 (22 min, about 4,016 words). It mentions 37 people, works and ideas, including Donald Trump, Artificial Intelligence, Alex Boris, OpenAI, Data center.

What this episode is about

Recent polls indicate a significant decline in support for Donald Trump, particularly among his traditional base, with many Americans expressing concern about the negative impacts of his policies on the economy and job market. Criticism has also grown regarding his administration's embrace of AI as a replacement for workers, prompting fears that this approach benefits large tech corporations at the expense of everyday workers and communities.

Key takeaways

  • Trump's economic approval has sunk 26 points—proof that political capital can evaporate faster than voter confidence.
  • AI is the new scapegoat; voters see tech replacing jobs while profits soar—an economic betrayal too evident to ignore.
  • Once a champion for non-college voters, Trump’s approval now underwater by nine points—proving college isn't where credibility resides.
  • Polling shows that 52% blame Trump for economic woes—no amount of GDP growth can shield his dwindling base.
  • Kevin Hasset’s cheerleading for AI workers' demise reveals a disconnect; profits soar while average Americans face uncertainty.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Donald Trump, Kevin Hasset, midterms, Joe Biden
  2. – 10:00: New York, New York, Data center, Bernie Sanders, super PAC
  3. – 15:00: OpenAI, Data center, super PAC, Oracle Corporation
  4. – 20:00: Donald Trump, Data center, super PAC, Affordability crisis
  5. – 21:35: super PAC, New York's 12th Congressional District, New York, New York, Alex Boris

Notable quotes from "Trump makes SHOCK ADMISSION after NIGHTMARE POLL!!!!"

  • Of people who did not graduate from college, Trump is deeply underwater with them. Now, Trump's regime is out there continuing to talk about how it's going to be a great thing…
    about Donald Trump · at
  • Regime's plan is from the jump. And as I've been talking to people across this country, let me be clear. One of the most important issues that people have is the fact that AI…
    about Artificial Intelligence · at
  • Here's another clip of Hasset saying that. Let me show that. Then I'm going to show you what some of this polling data suggests. Here, play this clip.
    about Kevin Hasset · at
  • A group of voters that helped put him into the White House. Kate, wow. Wow. Wow. I want to bring in right now an individual who's running for Congress right out of New in New…
    about Alex Boris · at
  • Connections. Palunteer and ICE, but in 2019 you took a principled stand and now super PACs backed by Palunteer and others are coming after you because you're one of the big…
    about super PAC · at
  • Needs to be reasonable regulation. And then they look at DC and with the exception of Bernie Sanders and a few others, mostly they see people either not doing anything or just…
    about Bernie Sanders · at
  • They would do all these deals with each other and so they would do these press releases. Oracle does a deal with OpenAI, OpenAI does a deal with so and so. And they just kept…
    about OpenAI · at
  • I am fighting to take on the affordability crisis. I am fighting to end corruption in government and I'm fighting to give Americans a say in AI and tech as it develops. And all of.
    about Affordability crisis · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Donald Trump — Person · Primary political subject (criticized) · 9 mentions · first at
    The episode frames polling as showing Trump losing support on the economy and ties his administration to pro-AI-labor-replacement messaging and oligarchic tech influence.
  • Alex Boris — Person · Main guest (interviewee) and political candidate · 2 mentions · first at
    Boris is interviewed about his campaign and his platform focused on AI regulation, data centers, job displacement, and election integrity; he claims to be targeted by an AI-linked super PAC.
  • Kevin Hasset — Person · Referenced administration official (duplicate spelling of Kevin Hasset) · 2 mentions · first at
    Same individual as 'Kevin Hasset' in the transcript context; appears in multiple clips discussing productivity, jobs, and labor force changes.
  • Bernie Sanders — Person · Referenced political ally/validator on AI issue · 2 mentions · first at
    Cited as one of the few prominent officials discussing AI risks; used to legitimize the episode's focus on AI as a major undercovered issue.
  • Harry Enon — Person · Referenced commentator/poll analyst (clip subject) · 1 mention · first at
    Provides the polling narrative that Trump's economic approval has deteriorated and that voters blame Trump's administration for worsening the economy.
    So here's how Harry Enon describes how the American people feel about the economy right now. Let's play this clip.
  • Elon Musk — Person · Referenced tech billionaire (example of AI/robotics push) · 1 mention · first at
    Cited as an example of a billionaire investing in humanoid robots, reinforcing the argument that AI threatens both white-collar and trade jobs.
    You have people like Elon Musk who separately is investing in humanoid robots because people say, Well, white collar work will be replaced, but you'll still do the trades. No, they're coming for all of that, too. So, it'll affect.
  • Greg Brockman — Person · Referenced tech executive/mega-donor (as alleged in discussion) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as OpenAI's president and described as a major donor to Donald Trump in late 2025, supporting the episode's claim of AI-oligarch political influence.
    East Wing Ballroom built. they're putting millions of dollars into Donald Trump's super PAC. in fact, Greg Brockman, the president of Open AI in the second half of 2025 was…
  • Joe Biden — Person · Referenced expert · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in the context of economic comparisons between his administration and Trump's
    Look here. Okay, the Trump admin has made the economy worse or better. You go back to January of 2018, term number one, the plurality winner there was better at 40%, just 22%…
  • Kamal Harris — Person · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of political comparisons and voter base shifts
    Here? Well, why don't we just take a look? Voters without a college degree on Donald Trump. Look at this. Back in 2024, he won those voters over Kla Harris by 14 points. You…
  • Zorhan Mam Donnie — Person · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the context of political efforts to address affordability issues
    You know I think Governor Hokll working with Mum Donnie in my view is a good development when it comes to lowering the cost of child care. talk to us about though why I.
  • Congressman Ted Lou — Person · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a Democrat in Congress with a degree in computer science, relevant to AI discussions
    The right thing. And second of all, you need the knowledge of how to do it. All right. if I'm elected, I'm going to be the second Democrat ever in Congress with a degree in…

Companies & orgs

  • OpenAI — Company · Business focus · 3 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as a key player in the AI industry with significant influence and controversial practices
  • Palanteer — Company · Case study · 1 mention · first at
    Discussed as a company with controversial practices and influence in AI and politics
    Perfect that you worked in Pal you worked at Palanteer. you saw firsthand and you quit after seeing what they were doing with ICE back in 2019.
  • Palantir — Company · Case study · 1 mention · first at
    Discussed as a company with controversial practices and influence in AI and politics
    Perfect that you worked in Pal you worked at Palanteer. you saw firsthand and you quit after seeing what they were doing with ICE back in 2019.
  • ICE — Company · Case study · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned in the context of Palanteer's controversial contracts and political implications
    Perfect that you worked in Pal you worked at Palanteer. you saw firsthand and you quit after seeing what they were doing with ICE back in 2019.
  • Oracle Corporation — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as a company involved in deals with OpenAI, symbolizing AI industry's opaque practices
    Directly investing in a data center, which would, as you said, show up as debt, they'll have these special purpose vehicles, that are somewhat off the balance sheet, and so it…
  • S.E.C. — Company · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a regulatory body that is no longer effective due to political influence
    Rant, we would have an SEC that would look into this stuff and say, You can't do this, but there's no SEC anymore because the oligarchs are hanging out with Trump at Club Mara…
  • Anthropic — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a private AI company with significant influence and lack of transparency
    For so long now that they don't have to do a lot of the public reporting. Open AI and Anthropic and some of the big ones are private. And so, some are behaving responsibly, but…
  • Cornell University — Company · Referenced expert · 3 mentions
    Mentioned as an educational institution with expertise in computer science and AI
  • Cornell — Company · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an educational institution with expertise in computer science and AI
    You've made that a major part of your platform after you graduated from Cornell and computer science as later on at Georgia Tech.
  • Georgia Tech — Company · Referenced expert · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as an educational institution with expertise in computer science and AI
    You've made that a major part of your platform after you graduated from Cornell and computer science as later on at Georgia Tech.

Products & tech

  • alexboris.nyc — Product · Campaign signup/donation funnel (owned digital property) · 1 mention · first at
    Used as a direct call-to-action for listeners to volunteer, stay in touch, and potentially donate to Alex Boris's campaign.

Concepts & topics

  • Artificial Intelligence — Concept · Core topic · 1 mention · first at
    Central theme of the episode, discussing the impact of AI on jobs, economy, and democracy
  • Data center — Concept · Key argument · 8 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a major issue affecting communities and the economy due to AI expansion
    Scheme at least we'll say to hide debt from the balance sheets and just show profits when actually a huge amounts of money which they called capex expenditures but it was…
  • MAGA — Concept · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a political movement with significant influence and controversial practices
    That's a big SOS warning sign for Donald Trump and MAGA coming up in the midterms in terms of how American people view the economy under Trump. Much worse. They say he's making things far worse. And.
  • Affordability crisis — Concept · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at
    Linked to AI and data centers as a major issue affecting the economy and society
  • Deep Fakes — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at
    Discussed as a threat to democracy and real conversations due to AI advancements
    The use of deep fakes, the use of hyperargeted misinformation is making it impossible to have real democracy and real conversations. And as if the direct impact of AI weren't enough in that.
  • hyperargeted misinformation — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at
    Linked to AI as a tool for manipulating public opinion and undermining democracy
    The use of deep fakes, the use of hyperargeted misinformation is making it impossible to have real democracy and real conversations. And as if the direct impact of AI weren't enough in that regard, you have the few billionaires.
  • corruption in government — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at
    Discussed in the context of super PACs and AI billionaires influencing politics
    Development, that's going to drive up costs. if we don't stand up to these super PACs that are attacking us, we're going to see more corruption in government. We need to have…
  • authoritarian — Concept · Key argument · 1 mention · first at
    Used to describe Donald Trump's governance style and its impact on democracy
    The unfair situation that we all face right now is that Donald Trump is an authoritarian and he will individually target people who are running for office. And that is not how…

Places & events

  • super PAC — Event · Strategy · 8 mentions · first at
    Highlighted as a tool used by AI billionaires to influence elections and politics
  • New York's 12th Congressional District — Place · Setting · 3 mentions · first at
    The political battleground where AI and data center issues are being contested
    Alex, great to see you. Alex, Assemblyman Boris, is running for New York's 12th Congressional District. It's a very competitive primary right there.
  • MAGA — Event · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a political movement with significant influence and controversial practices
    That's a big SOS warning sign for Donald Trump and MAGA coming up in the midterms in terms of how American people view the economy under Trump. Much worse. They say he's making things far worse. And.
  • midterms — Event · Strategy · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as a critical time for political change and AI influence
    That's a big SOS warning sign for Donald Trump and MAGA coming up in the midterms in terms of how American people view the economy under Trump. Much worse. They say he's making things far worse. And then in terms of, a Trump base.
  • New York, New York — Place · Headquarters · 7 mentions · first at
    Mentioned as the location of political and AI-related activities
    Into the White House. Kate, wow. Wow. Wow. I want to bring in right now an individual who's running for Congress right out of New in New York. who's made a major part of his…
  • Club Mara Lago — Place · Setting · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a place where oligarchs and politicians meet, symbolizing corruption
    Look into this stuff and say, You can't do this, but there's no SEC anymore because the oligarchs are hanging out with Trump at Club Mara Lago or wherever. No SEC. And also…

Sponsors

  • midasplus.com — Product · Sponsor subscription (Substack) call-to-action · 1 mention · first at
    Promoted at the end as a paid subscription offering daily recaps, ad-free episodes, and exclusive content.
    Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 6 million subscribers. Want to stay plugged in? Become a subscriber to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll get daily recaps from Ron Philipki, ad free episodes of our podcast, and more.

Full transcript with timestamps

This is an utter disaster for Donald Trump. He is completely losing his base. Some shock polls out this morning. That's a big SOS warning sign for Donald Trump and MAGA coming up in the midterms in terms of how American people view the economy under Trump. Much worse. They say he's making things far worse. And then in terms of, you know, a Trump base of people who uh did not graduate from college, Trump is deeply underwater with them. Now, Trump's regime is out there continuing to talk about how it's going to be a great thing when AI replaces workers. And every time they go out there and they have Kevin Hassid or Donald Trump's, that's Donald Trump's National Economic Advisor, others go out there, they say, "Right now, we're getting rid of the workers and AI is replacing them." How amazing is this?

Now that's showing up in the polling data because workers are saying you're having AI replace us. I mean, you're rooting for that. Didn't you say you were going to help manufacturers? Didn't Oh, you're just going to help your right-wing AI tech bro oligarchs and screw over the workers? Yes, that's what we've been trying to say. The Trump regime's plan is from the jump. And as I've been talking to people across this country, let me be clear. One of the most important issues that people have is the fact that AI is taking over people's jobs and these big data centers are destroying communities. So, let's just go through some of this data right here. First, let me show you Donald Trump's national economic adviser Kevin Hasset like bragging that AI is replacing workers. And even though our jobs reports coming out are going to be terrible, that's fine because AI and the and the right-wing tech bros are making

more profits right now. here, play this clip. That the open question really is uh what's going to happen to jobs as productivity goes up. Uh and I think that there's a chance that that job creation lags. Uh productivity skyrockets, profit skyrocket, GDP skyrocket. Uh but then all of a sudden, like you're making 20 widgets and and you can make 20 widgets with a fewer person and then that person has to find a two new job. I I think that that kind of transition could happen.

Here's another clip of Hasset saying that. Let me show that. Then I'm going to show you what some of this polling data suggests. Here, play this clip.

The other thing is that there's a pretty big decline in the labor force uh because uh illegals leaving the country. And so the break even job number is quite a bit lower than it was uh under Joe Biden when there were people, you know, you know, basically coming across the border uh willy-nilly. And so I think that you should expect slightly smaller job numbers that are consistent with high GDP growth right now. and uh that one shouldn't panic if you see a sequence of numbers that are lower than you're used to because again population growth is going down uh and productivity growth is skyrocketing. It's an unusual set of circumstances.

So here's how Harry Enon describes uh how the American people feel about the economy right now. Let's play this clip.

Staggering. You know, the economy used to be the wind beneath Donald Trump's presidency wings and now it's his Titanic because what are we talking about here? Well, let's just take a look here. Trump's economic net approval one year in IN TERM ONE. HEY, YEAH, plus side ledger plus eight points. It was his best issue arguably, but now it's one of his worst. Look at that. Way, way down in the basement, 18 points below water. What is that, John? Quickly, Samantha, what is that? A 26 point switcheroo in the wrong direction. This is the type of number that Democratic midterm dreams are made of and Republican nightmares are also made of.

So by and large are voters saying it's Trump's fault? Yeah, this is the key answer, right? Which is why what is driving these numbers? And it is because folks believe, the voters believe it's the Trump administration's fault. Take a look here. Okay, the Trump admin has made the economy worse or better. You go back to January of 2018, term number one, the plurality winner there was better at 40%, just 22% said worse. Look at this side of the screen, the exact opposite story. What a switcheroo. My goodness gracious. 52% 52% of Americans say the trumpet men their policies have made the econom the economy worse. And look at that. Just 28% say better. Even among the GOP, just 57% say they make it better. When you're only getting 57% of the Republican base to agree with the positive position for Donald Trump, you know, you are in some massive trouble, which the Trump administration and Trump in particular

are on the economy. And here's another clip from this morning as well about Donald Trump now completely losing his base among uh non-ol voters. Let's play this clip right here through this.

Yeah. Okay. So, you know, if you know anything about Donald Trump, you know that he built his two presidential victories on winning voters without a college degree while Donald Trump's base with non-ol voters is absolutely collapsing. What are we talking about here? Well, why don't we just take a look? Voters without a college degree on Donald Trump. Look at this. Back in 2024, he won those voters over Kla Harris by 14 points. You come over to this side of the screen, what's his net approval rating with him? He is underwater by nine points. That's a 23 point switcheroo with his base of nonol voters. He is absolutely collapsing with a group of voters that helped put him into the White House. Kate,

wow. Wow. Wow. I I want to bring in right now an individual who's running for uh Congress right out of New in New York. um who's made a major part of his platform uh discussing issues about uh AI, Alex Boris. Let me bring in this interview with Alex Boris. He's a New York State Assembly member. I did this interview with Alex Boris. New York State Assembly member. Alex Boris, watch this cuz his main thing that he's been talking about is AI. Let's play it. Alex, great to see you. Alex, Assemblyman Boris, is running for New York's 12th Congressional District. It's a very competitive primary right there.

Um, one of the things most kind of prominently that you speak about that a lot of people don't talk about which I think is one of the most important issues is some of the threats that are being posed by AI and data centers. You've made that a major part of your platform after you graduated uh from Cornell and computer science as later on at uh Georgia Tech.

Um, perfect that you um worked in Pal you worked at Palanteer. you saw firsthand and you quit after seeing what they were doing with ICE back in 2019. So right now people are making these connections. Palunteer and ICE, but in 2019 you took a principled stand and now super PACs backed by Palunteer and others are coming after you um because you're one of the big voices in New York and across the nation now standing up to AI and the threats of AI. You recognize there's utility but standing up to the threats as well. So why don't we start there because it's an issue that when Senator Bernie Sanders and I always talk about we do podcast just on AI and as he says it's the biggest issue that people are discussing but that's not being discussed in the news. So it's like where I want to start the conversation on. Talk to us about why that's a major part of your agenda and why people should focus on it.

People are seeing AI in every part of their lives. They're seeing the their kids use chat bots. They're seeing their jobs get replaced. They're seeing their utility bills go up because of these data centers. They're seeing all of these impacts and they're asking what is government doing about it. And that's not to say, as you mentioned, there aren't some benefits to AI, but there needs to be reasonable regulation. And then they look at DC and with the exception of Bernie Sanders and a few others, mostly they see people either not doing anything or just cheering on the industry and saying, "Let's get out of their way and let them have their will with the American people." Uh, and so when you have a few elected officials, a few people running for office that are willing to say, "Hey, Americans should have a say in this development of the technology, that is both a incredibly popular and b

incredibly terrifying to the few AI billionaires who have this extreme view that they should have complete control over the American worker and our kids and our climate and our energy bill. And that's why they're coming after me so hard."

Right? And you know there's so many issues that need to be focused on whether and and you're talking about them all. You know whether it's affordable affordability in general but health care, education, housing. I mean you as a New York State Assemblyman, you see these issues firsthand across New York and efforts are being taken now. You know I I think Governor Hokll working with Mum Donnie in my view is a good development when it comes to lowering the cost of child of child care. Um, talk to us about though why I think all of these other issues are still also going to be impacted by AI and by these data centers because it addresses affordability and you have a lot of these people behind the AI industry hoarding the wealth as well and refusing to, you know, allow others to just live with decency.

Absolutely. You saw that something like, you know, 75% 90% of growth during parts of 2025 were just AI. The normal economy was struggling. And yet you have incredible wealth being concentrated in these AI billionaires whose explicit goal often is just to replace all labor. They say they are trying to build the AI that is smarter than any human. And then you have people like Elon Musk who separately is investing in humanoid humanoid robots because people say, "Well, white collar work will be replaced, but you'll still do the trades." No, they're coming for all of that, too. So, it'll affect affordability broadly. But I think one of the things that people miss is it also affects our ability to have conversations about all of these issues.

The use of deep fakes, the use of hyperargeted misinformation is making it impossible to have real democracy and real conversations. And as if the direct impact of AI weren't enough in that regard, you have the few billionaires who are now spending hundreds of millions of dollars to try to buy our elections. So, you know, three of the big AI uh oligarchs and three big mega donors to Donald Trump have put together a super PAC that they're saying will raise $125 million. And they've dedicated at least 10 million of that just to defeating me.

Yeah. And it should be noted that your campaign in New York's 12, you could always fact check me if I'm wrong about this, but you've raised more money than any other campaign other than the super PAC that's raising the money to try to take you out. That's the dynamic, right?

Exactly right. I've nearly doubled any of the other candidates. Uh there's only two campaign of this 12 person race. There's only two campaigns that have raised millions of dollars plural. Uh, and it is me and the super PAC against me. The super PAC did it from like three donations from large billionaires. Uh, and I did it from thousands of people coming together, all individuals. I'm not taking any pack money other than labor unions if they want to get involved. But all of that money was raised from individuals who just want a say in how AI develops. You one of the things that you point out which really concerned me as I looked at the economy on a macro level is I would see all of these reports about jobs and about income and about inflation and they'd all be very bad you know uh also the increasing the debt that they haven't you know the federal spending is way up that's why I saw stats like that then I would see but you

know the market's doing really, you know, not really well. I mean, especially over the past few days, but but it was but the but the market's chugging along and also not as good as other countries which America used to lead the world when it come but but anyway I'm like I'm still but then you would see it's like wait a minute what's going on here and it seemed to be number one hiding the debt in these data center acquisitions to fuel the AI by doing these like lease out agreements so that they wouldn't show debt on the balance sheets. So there was this whole I don't want to say it's a scam, but it was a a scheme at least we'll say to hide debt from the balance sheets and just show profits when actually a huge amounts of money which they called capex expenditures but it was really debt kind of disguised as as something and then they would do all these deals with each other and so they would do these press

releases. Oracle does a deal with OpenAI, OpenAI does a deal with so and so. And they just kept on cycling the deals, but the but there wasn't extra money. It was just a deal flow that was being announced. And now here we are in 2026, Assemblyman. And a lot of these deals that they promised, it's like, well, where's that happening? That's and it's not happening right now. And it's like, so have you just been lying to us in 2025? And normally, and excuse my rant, we would have an SEC that would look into this stuff and say, "You can't do this, but there's no SEC anymore because the oligarchs are hanging out with Trump at Club Mara Lago or wherever." No SEC. And also, these some of these companies can just stay private for so long now that they don't have to do a lot of the public reporting. I mean, Open AI and Anthropic and some of the big ones are private. And so, some are behaving responsibly, but I'm sure

some are not. and the public doesn't really have a way to see their underlying finances. Yeah, I I want to be clear that I'm not in the camp that, you know, AI is all fake. I'm actually quite in the opposite camp. I think it is very capable and going to do a lot of things and that's why government needs to be involved. But even with that said, you're seeing weird financing vehicles that are happening where instead of directly investing in a data center, which would, as you said, show up as debt, they'll have these special purpose vehicles, uh, that are somewhat off the balance sheet, and so it doesn't really show on theirs, and it's it's things that are reminiscent of what we saw with, uh, the housing crisis with with 2008 and and what happened with the subprime mortgages. So this is a, you know, one of the things where the people in the AI industry are really terrified of any bump in the road. And so if it

feels like sometimes you want to have a rational conversation about hey here are some benefits of AI here are some risks how can we regulate and you see that especially some of the executives kind of violently react to that even suggestion maybe that's because if they have any bump in the road in their growth they're they're so leveraged that there's a real challenge of it falling down and so what you're seeing is behavior where they try to stop the states from taking any action because they're losing at the state level. uh they go and they try to buy the White House. They literally are paying to have the White House demolished and the the East Wing Ballroom built. Uh they're putting millions of dollars into Donald Trump's super PAC. Uh in fact, Greg Brockman, the president of Open AI in the second half of 2025 was Donald Trump's single largest mega donor. uh they are spending a lot right now to try

to ensure that no one in America gets to have a say in how AI develops except the oligarchs.

Why do you think other politicians even Democrats I mean we know Republicans are not although you know some you may be able to find some bipartisanship when it comes to data centers. So it is an interesting issue. So, I don't want to paint a broadbust.

No, I'll say it's like shockingly bipartisan. Yeah, this one hasn't really been polarized yet other than Trump and the people in his immediate orbit. Most Republican voters you talk to are also saying, "Hey, what is this is moving way too fast and we want to say in this?" And that's where the that's the thing is that the people you tour the country AI data centers is like a a number one to two to three issue because it it impacts all these others even where most people to be h affordability generally housing health care um AI replacing jobs you know is right is right up there yet it's not talked about the people talk about it but it's not making the news It's not, you know, other than when they announce on CNBC the deal flow that often is, you know, propaganda. So, what do you why is there that inongruity? I mean, you see that when people like you talk about it, yes, you're under attack

by, you know, super PACs, but you've galvanized people by making this an important issue, one that you know, but so why doesn't other people talk about it? Like, why why are other people afraid of this issue? Well, I think having a hundred million dollar super PAC out there is scary to many people, but but you're seeing more and more elected officials step up. I mean, you need you need two things. You need the willingness to go against this industry to to risk your job, to risk your uh your career, and and but stand up for the right thing. And second of all, you need the knowledge of how to do it. All right. Uh, if I'm elected, I'm going to be the second Democrat ever in Congress with a degree in computer science, following Ted Lou from California. You don't need a degree in computer science to engage here, but I think a lot of Democrats are still trying to figure out what our playbook is. And so we've been

trying to really push out there, here's a bunch of threats from AI, whether that's democracy, whether that's threats to kids, whether it's threats to workers or climate or or really catastrophic risks, and here's common sense steps we can take. Once you show people that there's real actions and and things that can benefit them, people are galvanized by that. I mean, one of the most common responses I've gotten, even in my role as an assembly member, let alone during the congressional campaign, is people saying, you know, I don't know what we should do about AI, but I am so glad you are there figuring it out. Right? Voters are hungry to see real action here. And I think there's a number of steps we could take as Democrats and Republicans today that would start to give Americans more of a say in this technology.

Before we go, one, where could people learn more about the campaign, but two, we spent a lot of time talking about AI, rightfully so, but what's it's a crowded primary. Um, what's your message to the people in this crowded primary that you're in that differentiates you from others in addition to your AI that we just spent a lot of time talking about? And what's your message? You know, we have six million subscribers here. Um, you you've galvanized a national audience. So people know you outside of the 12th as well. What's your message more broadly within the 12th and then to the country?

Uh I am fighting to take on the affordability crisis. I am fighting to end corruption in government and I'm fighting to give Americans a say in AI and tech as it develops. And all of these issues are connected. If we don't have real regulation of some of this AI development, that's going to drive up costs. uh if we don't stand up to these super PACs that are attacking us, we're going to see more corruption in government. We need to have people who are willing to take it on the chin and stand up for their principles. And I think one of the big differences for me as someone who's running is not just the academic background. It's not just the the computer science background, but it's a lifetime of examples of standing up for principle and putting uh the needs of society first uh even when it was hard, even when I was challenged.

The unfair situation that we all face right now is that Donald Trump is an authoritarian and he will individually target people who are running for office. And that is not how a democracy is supposed to work. that is not the way that you that what America was founded on. But we do need people that have proof, have a track record of being able to stand up to that heat. And whether it's me taking on this $10 million that's being spent by the super PAC, whether it's me walking away from my time at Palunteer as they renewed a contract with ICE uh because I wanted to stand on principle, I have shown that again and again that I will take the hard path, but the right path and those are the people that we need in office right now. So if that's something that resonates with you, uh or if you're in New York 12, I would say, and you're choosing who to vote for, judge me by my enemies. Uh, and if this resonates with

you and you want to get involved, you can go to alexboris.nyc uh to sign up to volunteer or just to stay in touch or, you know, maybe even throw a few dollars to help fight the super PAC. And you can follow me on every social media platform at Alex Boris and Boris is spelled B O Res.

New York State Assemblyman Alex Boris running for New York's 12th Congressional District. Alex, thanks for joining us and thanks for the fight.

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Recent polls indicate a significant decline in support for Donald Trump, particularly among his traditional base, with many Americans expressing concern about the negative impacts of his policies on the economy and job market. Criticism has also grown regarding his administration's embrace of AI as a replacement for workers, prompting fears that this approach benefits large tech corporations at…

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