WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin delivered her Economic War Plan, at the Center for American Progress. She outlined a new vision guided by her believe that the greatest threat to national security is the shrinking middle class. As a Democrat representing a state President Trump won, he proposed bold action on housing, heath care, energy, education, and immigration, emphasizing urgency to combat this existential threat.
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:
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- “We no longer divide along progressive vs. moderate lines, I think that is very 2017,” Senator Elissa Slotkin.
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- Slotkin said that “there’s a dearth of ideas, and so I have respect for anyone who puts ideas out,” but that she drew inspiration from her constituents: “on the ground, road testing, of campaigning and running and winning in a tough place.”
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- Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq, is a first-term senator widely regarded as a rising star in the party. In March, she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.
- The 48-year-old used her speech on Thursday to unveil an “economic war plan”, proposing that the government addresses problems such as rising costs and declining trust in institutions rather than exacerbating them.
- Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss the latest on the intelligence leak over the Iran strike and her plan for how the Democrats should approach fighting Trump on the economy.
- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., discusses her economic vision for the Democratic Party. Sen. Slotkin delivered a speech on the issue Thursday at the Center for American Progress.
- “To me, those fundamentals are the following: Jobs that pay enough to save every month. Schools that prepare our kids for those jobs. A home you can call your own. Safety and security from fear. Energy to power our lives, and an environment to pass on to our kids. Health care you can actually afford,” Slotkin said.
- “I wanted to come here, frankly, because we haven’t agreed on every single issue in the past.”
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- Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin is calling on her party to sharpen its message and reclaim its identity as the defender of working-class Americans.
- In a speech at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday, Slotkin urged Democrats to refocus on economic fairness, national security and pushing back against extremism.
- “The middle class doesn’t have a lobbyist. They don’t have a super PAC or a corporate PAC—but they should have the Democratic Party,” Slotkin said.
- She urged the Democratic Party to unite around an economic message as a way to empower and win back working-class voters who have flocked to President Donald Trump.
- She said the Democrats’ Economic War Plan should “ruthlessly prioritize the middle class.
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- “Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin calls for a ban on cellphones in K-12 schools and says that Congress and the courts should hold social media companies accountable…”
Senator Mark Kelly: Senator Slotkin is right: It’s time to do right by our kids and get phones out of classrooms.”
Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet: “We’ll never get anything real done if we don’t lay out what we’re actually for. @SenatorSlotkin ’s war plan focuses on exactly the right things: lowering costs of things like housing & healthcare, creating good-paying jobs, & making America’s education the best in the world.”
David Hogg: I don’t agree with Sen Slotkin on a lot of stuff but way more Democrats need to adopt this and actually mean it. Don’t just say it when you run for the first time then take corp money after being elected. Also don’t use bullshit loopholes like your leadership PACs to take it.
Julia Manchester (The Hill): Sen. ELISSA SLOTKIN responds to Zohran Mamdani’s upset in NYC: “I will admit to not being a huge student NYC politics but what I can take from it, the message that came across loud and clear to me is that people, just like in November are still focused on cost of living and they’re looking for a new generation of leadership.”
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