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Comment by Trisha La Chica
Hawaii state representative (D)
“we don't want deepfakes being political weaponized in our elections,” [...] “a handful of votes that could very easily be swayed by deepfake messaging in the critical hours before the vote,” La Chica said. “There's no place in Hawaii for that.”AI Verified source (2024)
3mo ago
Quote authenticity verification history
Verification History
AI Verified
The quote is authentic and correctly attributed to State Rep. Trisha La Chica. A reliable original report in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Jan. 30, 2024) contains the exact lines: “we don’t want deepfakes being political weaponized in our elections,” and later, “a handful of votes that could very easily be swayed by deepfake messaging in the critical hours before the vote,” followed by “There’s no place in Hawaii for that.” The AOL page for the provided URL also shows the same wording in search results. ([staradvertiser.com](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/01/30/hawaii-news/deepfake-political-messaging-is-targeted/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 5d ago
AI Verified
Source URL (aol.com, syndicated from Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jan 30 2024) returns HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web searches independently confirmed both fragments of the quote attributed to Hawaii state Rep. Trisha (Trish) La Chica: "we don't want deepfakes being political weaponized in our elections" and "a handful of votes that could very easily be swayed by deepfake messaging in the critical hours before the vote." La Chica authored HB 1766 to keep deepfakes out of Hawaii elections. Year 2024 is correct; the quote remains relevant. Vote "for" on "Criminalizing deepfakes and malicious use of AI in electoral campaigns" aligns — she actively championed criminalizing election deepfakes. Per instructions I searched for a genuine 2026 follow-up quote (the law was struck down in Jan 2026), but found only a Dec 2025 paraphrase, no clean verbatim 2026 statement with a clear stance, so I kept this relevant 2024 quote without fabricating a supplement. Attribution, content, year, and vote direction confirmed.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 8d ago
replying to Trisha La Chica