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TRIGGERnometry · 2 min · Nov 6, 2026
Why Francis Foster thinks AI fears may trouble Republicans
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Francis Foster says he saw political ads about data centers while in Austin and heard concerns about their effects and AI’s impact on jobs.
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“And we can already see the impact it's actually having on the job market, particularly entry-level white-collar jobs.”
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- Foster says data centers were a subject in the political ads he saw.
- He cites concerns about effects on water, electricity prices and jobs.
- He suggests Trump’s tech ties may trouble voters who feel overlooked.
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Francis Foster says he saw political ads about data centers while in Austin and heard concerns about their effects and AI’s impact on jobs. He suggests those fears may weaken Trump’s appeal to voters.
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- 18:09
i also think one of the issues that we haven't discussed is the issue of ai and data centers when constantin and i were in um austin when we were filming some interviews we were watching youtube and because we weren't signed into uh to a youtube channel we were essentially getting bombarded with political ads and it was so interesting because the democrat side james Tallarico, that was one of the things that he referenced. He was talking about data centers.
- 18:43
He was talking about the impact that it was going to have on communities. If you talk to people, the average person on the street, and you talk to them about AI, there is a real fear. There is a fear that what, you know, the data centers, the impact it's going to have. on the water, on electricity prices. But there's also a real fear as to what this technology is going to do to the job market. And we can already see the impact it's actually having on the job market, particularly entry-level white-collar jobs. So there's a real, real angst around this. And in fact, just going back to John Ossoff, when John Ossoff delivered that barnstorming speech when they announced his victory he referenced ai and he referenced all you know the tech the uh the data centers this is a massive issue and one of the things i think
- 19:44
that we're not talking about is trump's association with the data centers and maybe his base will were also thinking and the people who decided to swing over were thinking well this is the presidency of the tech oligarch the tech overlord and he's not as interested in the little guy as he purports to be and the kind if you take something like the race in texas as well the way in which there was this attempt to kind of shift it back onto much more comfortable ground