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Midterm analysis shows AI was an issue that heavily favored Democrats.
I wrote an article Sept 17th, a few days after Trump called AI fears a HOAX called "AI Should Never Be Political."
"I have voted for Donald Trump three times. I have supported most of his policies and backed that support with more than 700 podcasts and articles published across multiple platforms. I try to question him when the facts demand it and celebrate the wins when they arrive. That is why last weekend’s “AI hoax” comments landed so hard.
For the first time, I found myself thinking something I never expected: the president is out of touch with how ordinary Americans actually feel. At last week’s Republican midterm convention, he reveled in talk of the greatest economy in American history.
Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, and the prospect of Artificial Super Intelligence have Americans on edge. You can see it in the protests over data centers and the growing revolt against Flock Safety’s network of AI-powered cameras. Those concerns cut across party lines. They should.
I agree with Trump on the core strategic point: AI is the new arms race and the United States cannot afford to lose it to China. The question: At what cost? In July 2025, Kathleen Goble and I published The Fight For The Future of Humanity: Making the Case for a 28th Amendment. Neither of us is a tech person, but like you, we had questions. We simply did the research and tried to translate the experts’ forecasts into language regular citizens could use. We made a deliberate choice, even though we’re both conservative, to keep politics out of the book. AI does not need another tribal fight. The conversation should include everyone, and it could have until “a hoax” comment was made.
People worry about their jobs. They worry about the electricity and water these facilities devour. They worry about always-on surveillance. They want answers, not a lecture that their fears are fake. Calling the whole thing a “hoax” does not dismiss the technology; it dismisses the people living with its consequences. The bigger political mistake was that the comment handed Democrats an opening they walked through immediately.
Barack Obama, Hakeem Jeffries, and the Democrats did not waste time. They framed themselves as the adults willing to listen. AI is not a left-right split. Turning AI into another culture-war football is a losing proposition for anyone who actually wants the United States to win the race without wrecking the society that is supposed to benefit from the victory.
Trump has done real work to keep America in the lead in this technology explosion. What has been missing is empathy. The fears are not theoretical. Neighborhoods fighting data centers, towns bagging Flock cameras, workers watching software eat entry-level tasks—these are not talking points. They are daily life.
America is still treating AI like the Wild West, reckless for a technology that is already reshaping the 21st century. A hoax? Trump could have said something simple and true: “I know a lot of people are concerned, and there is reason to be. My administration will take every precaution, listen to the public, and listen to the experts. We will win this race, but not at the expense of the future of society.” That answer would have kept AI from becoming just another partisan weapon. “Hoax” did the opposite.
The midterms are seven weeks away. Voters already feel squeezed at the pump and the grocery store. They watch data centers rise while their electric bills climb. They see cameras on every corner and algorithms deciding what they see, what they earn, and who gets watched. They do not need to be told those feelings are a conspiracy. They need to be told that someone in power hears them. AI should never have been political. For one careless weekend, it became political. People who live with the consequences will decide whether that was a small mistake or the last one that mattered."
I wrote an article Sept 17th, a few days after Trump called AI fears a HOAX called "AI Should Never Be Political."
"I have voted for Donald Trump three times. I have supported most of his policies and backed that support with more than 700 podcasts and articles published across multiple platforms. I try to question him when the facts demand it and celebrate the wins when they arrive. That is why last weekend’s “AI hoax” comments landed so hard.
For the first time, I found myself thinking something I never expected: the president is out of touch with how ordinary Americans actually feel. At last week’s Republican midterm convention, he reveled in talk of the greatest economy in American history.
Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial General Intelligence, and the prospect of Artificial Super Intelligence have Americans on edge. You can see it in the protests over data centers and the growing revolt against Flock Safety’s network of AI-powered cameras. Those concerns cut across party lines. They should.
I agree with Trump on the core strategic point: AI is the new arms race and the United States cannot afford to lose it to China. The question: At what cost? In July 2025, Kathleen Goble and I published The Fight For The Future of Humanity: Making the Case for a 28th Amendment. Neither of us is a tech person, but like you, we had questions. We simply did the research and tried to translate the experts’ forecasts into language regular citizens could use. We made a deliberate choice, even though we’re both conservative, to keep politics out of the book. AI does not need another tribal fight. The conversation should include everyone, and it could have until “a hoax” comment was made.
People worry about their jobs. They worry about the electricity and water these facilities devour. They worry about always-on surveillance. They want answers, not a lecture that their fears are fake. Calling the whole thing a “hoax” does not dismiss the technology; it dismisses the people living with its consequences. The bigger political mistake was that the comment handed Democrats an opening they walked through immediately.
Barack Obama, Hakeem Jeffries, and the Democrats did not waste time. They framed themselves as the adults willing to listen. AI is not a left-right split. Turning AI into another culture-war football is a losing proposition for anyone who actually wants the United States to win the race without wrecking the society that is supposed to benefit from the victory.
Trump has done real work to keep America in the lead in this technology explosion. What has been missing is empathy. The fears are not theoretical. Neighborhoods fighting data centers, towns bagging Flock cameras, workers watching software eat entry-level tasks—these are not talking points. They are daily life.
America is still treating AI like the Wild West, reckless for a technology that is already reshaping the 21st century. A hoax? Trump could have said something simple and true: “I know a lot of people are concerned, and there is reason to be. My administration will take every precaution, listen to the public, and listen to the experts. We will win this race, but not at the expense of the future of society.” That answer would have kept AI from becoming just another partisan weapon. “Hoax” did the opposite.
The midterms are seven weeks away. Voters already feel squeezed at the pump and the grocery store. They watch data centers rise while their electric bills climb. They see cameras on every corner and algorithms deciding what they see, what they earn, and who gets watched. They do not need to be told those feelings are a conspiracy. They need to be told that someone in power hears them. AI should never have been political. For one careless weekend, it became political. People who live with the consequences will decide whether that was a small mistake or the last one that mattered."
