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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.

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Mar 3, 2025

'He believes in cozying up to dictators like Vladimir Putin and kicking our friends, like Canada, in the teeth.'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

'That scene in the Oval Office wasn't just a bad episode of reality TV. It summed up Trump's whole approach to the world.'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

'The border without actually fixing our broken immigration system is dealing with the symptom not the disease. America is a nation of immigrants.'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

'But there is a responsible way to make change, and a reckless way.'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

'Americans made it clear that prices are too high and that government needs to be more responsive to their needs. America wants change.'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

If Trump was 'not careful, he could walk us right into a recession'

bbc.com
Mar 3, 2025

The public expects leaders to level with them on what's actually happening in our country.

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Mar 3, 2025

We didn’t do as good a job as we could have at showing what our priorities are.

apnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

I'm looking forward to speaking directly to the American people next week.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

We've got to chart a way forward that improves people's lives in the country we all love.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

I look forward to laying that out.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

I look forward to speaking directly to the American people next week.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

From our economic security to our national security, we've got to chart a way forward that improves people's lives.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

Americans expect leaders to level with them on what's actually happening in our country.

cbsnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

I want people to think about where we will be if it becomes normal to ask foreign governments to intervene in our political process.

nbcnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

I personally think that identity politics needs to go the way of the dodo.

nbcnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

It’s not rocket science, but talking about those issues plainly, not from the faculty lounge but from the assembly line, is, I think, a very important message.

nbcnews.com
Feb 26, 2025

The public expects leaders to level with them on what’s actually happening in our country.

nbcnews.com
Feb 11, 2025

Has shown a repeated preference for our adversaries over the intelligence community in the United States of America.

msnbc.com
Feb 11, 2025

It is an insult to people who have dedicated their lives and put themselves in harm's way to have her confirmed into this position.

newsweek.com
Feb 8, 2025

I don’t think people like when their government shuts down, and I don’t think the average person watches the debate so closely that they know whose fault it is.

cnn.com
Jan 29, 2025

A lot of this stuff is your stuff.

alternet.org
Oct 15, 2024

I think her coming to the top of the ticket was like splitting an electron. It just like created its own energy.

transcripts.cnn.com
Oct 15, 2024

I live on a dirt road, nowhere near a charging station, so I don't own an electric car.

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