The Metro: Senator Elissa Slotkin says ‘economic basket of issues’ unites Democrats against Trump
Sen. Elissa Slotkin talks with The Metro’s Robyn Vincent at the Mackinac Policy Conference about her political rise, bipartisan appeal and the debate over the Democratic Party’s direction.
Senator Slotkin joins Robyn Vincent on The Metro during the Mackinac Policy Conference
Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin is one of the most closely watched politicians in her party right now.
A former CIA analyst, she took three tours in Iraq alongside the military, and spent years in national security under both Republican and Democratic administrations before she ran for office. Then she won a House seat in a Trump-led district, followed by a Senate seat in a state President Trump carried. When her party needed someone to deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s address to Congress, they picked her.
She’s been called a centrist. A pragmatist. A rising star. She’s also been called too cautious — not progressive enough, not tough enough — at a moment when many Democrats argue the party must get louder. The Metro‘s Robyn Vincent spoke with her at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
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