Where Elissa Slotkin won me over in the Democratic response to Trump's address


Where Elissa Slotkin won me over in the Democratic response to Trump

March 5, 2025, 12:08 AM EST By Hayes Brown I’ll admit, I was a little skeptical when Sen. Elisse Slotkin began the Democrats' response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday as she emphasized her background as a CIA officer and the bipartisan household she grew up in. “We had shared values that were bigger than any one party,” she said, describing a political reality that no longer seems to exist. When coupled with her comments from November about Democrats needing to move beyond “identity politics,” I was concerned that she would fail to properly stress the needs of the moment that we’re living through. But as she went on, while she definitely sounded like a standard center-left Democrat, Slotkin managed to do so in a way that felt like a more sincere expression of her values than a calculated attempt to win over suburban moderates. As she ticked through the chaos that Elon Musk has caused with his random cuts through the Department of Government Efficiency and the uncertainty Trump is sowing around the world, I felt like what she was saying would make sense to people who aren’t reading every political headline. What really won me over though were her suggestions for how Americans can take action during this chaotic time:.