“I have been going to forums, not only in the primary, where voters have been able to town halls, where voters have been able to ask me questions directly… we cannot have people that are not accountable and transparent elected.”

“We do fish fries, barbecues, town halls, that potlucks because people are more agreeable when they have good food and also good conversation and good people around them.”

“I used ChatGPT in a temporary chat, so nothing from my own history could skew the answers. And I asked two kinds of questions. First, what do you know about a business, by name, in its town? Second, for every trade and town in the test, who's the best roofer or plumber or electrician in that town?”

“You’ll see an investor map... you can directly DM and reach out to them... AI to help you scrub through the forums... we’ll suggest you connect with the people that contributed to that information.”

“My students and I spent a long weekend, um, uh, recently in Columbus, Ohio. And we spoke to, you know, uh, 25, we had a large town hall style focus group in person after person after person”