I wrote a war plan of how to contain and defeat Trump — a 17-page PowerPoint.
Elissa Slotkin
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Elissa Slotkin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as national security, healthcare, and economic development. Slotkin's background includes experience as a former CIA analyst and as a senior advisor in the Department of Defense, which informs her legislative priorities and approach to governance. She has been active in advocating for bipartisan solutions and has worked on various initiatives to support her constituents in Michigan.
We have a strong defense, but then you’ve got to have a vision, an alternative vision, to what is being provided to us every day.
The way to change her party’s 'weak and woke' is to go with a 'no-bullshit' approach.
The times have come for us, and we need to do what the Democratic Party isn’t particularly good at.
Democrats should stop using the term 'oligarchy,' a phrase she said doesn't resonate beyond coastal institutions.
I will lay down on the border to keep Chinese vehicles from entering the U.S. market.
I can’t do what she does because we live in a purple state, and I’m a pragmatist.
Everyone you mentioned has a lot of words, but what have they actually done to change the situation with Donald Trump?
I have done as much as I feel like I’m capable of doing to respond in words to what Trump is doing, but I can’t just be an activist.
I can't just chain myself to the White House and become an activist full-time because you and others here are going to call me for things that you need. All of those things require me to be more than just an AOC. I -- I can't do what she…
Everyone you mentioned has a lot of words, but what have they actually done to change the situation with Donald Trump and the cuts and the attacks on our judiciary and the attacks on our Constitution?
President Trump loves to say peace through strength. That's actually a line he stole from Ronald Reagan. But let me tell you, after the spectacle that just took place in the Oval Office last week, Reagan must be rolling in his grave. We…
That's a constitutional issue, right? Everyone knows Congress has the power of the purse.
The president has been deciding how to spend the money any way he wants even when we have a budget that both Democrats and Republicans voted on.
I’m going to withhold my vote until I see some assurances that whatever we pass next week is going to ensure that the money is spent the way Congress intends.
We have a situation where the politics are so broken between Democrats and Republicans that what seems logical, right, people getting in a room and saying, ‘Look, we’ve got to live within our means.’
I don’t think it’s a secret that Democrats have been on their heels since Trump won the election, right?
The president has been deciding how to spend the money any way he wants, even when we have a budget that both Democrats and Republicans voted on.





