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Alyssa Slotkin

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279 total appearances

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

I think in general, I agree with this premise that we need to change the government. And I worked in the government my entire life, right? I ran a big office at the Pentagon. If you had said to me, hey, we got to take an 8% cut, I know exactly where I'd cut, right? This idea that there's no fat on the bone is not accurate. And I'm sorry, it's just not true.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

I think in general, I agree with this premise that we need to change the government. And I worked in the government my entire life, right? I ran a big office at the Pentagon. If you had said to me, hey, we got to take an 8% cut, I know exactly where I'd cut, right? This idea that there's no fat on the bone is not accurate. And I'm sorry, it's just not true.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But what I cannot subscribe to is the completely reckless way they're going about this. I mean, absurd things like sticking everyone's job name into an AI-powered... you know, algorithm and, you know, cutting out anyone who had the word diversity, including like energy diversity or something, you know what I mean? Stupid stuff like that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But what I cannot subscribe to is the completely reckless way they're going about this. I mean, absurd things like sticking everyone's job name into an AI-powered... you know, algorithm and, you know, cutting out anyone who had the word diversity, including like energy diversity or something, you know what I mean? Stupid stuff like that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But what I cannot subscribe to is the completely reckless way they're going about this. I mean, absurd things like sticking everyone's job name into an AI-powered... you know, algorithm and, you know, cutting out anyone who had the word diversity, including like energy diversity or something, you know what I mean? Stupid stuff like that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But then stuff that literally keeps people safe every day, right? People who are testing water, people who are looking at national threats. So, We need responsible change, not reckless change. And what this guy is firing people on a Friday, including my own family members, and then rehiring them three weeks later because you made a mistake. Any CEO in America would be fired for that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But then stuff that literally keeps people safe every day, right? People who are testing water, people who are looking at national threats. So, We need responsible change, not reckless change. And what this guy is firing people on a Friday, including my own family members, and then rehiring them three weeks later because you made a mistake. Any CEO in America would be fired for that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

But then stuff that literally keeps people safe every day, right? People who are testing water, people who are looking at national threats. So, We need responsible change, not reckless change. And what this guy is firing people on a Friday, including my own family members, and then rehiring them three weeks later because you made a mistake. Any CEO in America would be fired for that.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And they're just being sloppy about it.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And they're just being sloppy about it.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And they're just being sloppy about it.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

My stepbrother was fired. He just had started after 25 years working in his state. He had just taken a new job as a supervisor at a federal agency. And so because he was like last in and had not even been there for a year, they fired him. And then he started looking for another job. He was talking to people, you know, he'd been in that business many years.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

My stepbrother was fired. He just had started after 25 years working in his state. He had just taken a new job as a supervisor at a federal agency. And so because he was like last in and had not even been there for a year, they fired him. And then he started looking for another job. He was talking to people, you know, he'd been in that business many years.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

My stepbrother was fired. He just had started after 25 years working in his state. He had just taken a new job as a supervisor at a federal agency. And so because he was like last in and had not even been there for a year, they fired him. And then he started looking for another job. He was talking to people, you know, he'd been in that business many years.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And then three weeks later, they gave him full back pay and brought him back. And it was only out of his dedication to the people who were working for him that he walked back into that place. But like, come on, no company in America runs that way. That is just sloppy and completely a strategic. And that's what he's doing across the government, including on positions that protect people from harm.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And then three weeks later, they gave him full back pay and brought him back. And it was only out of his dedication to the people who were working for him that he walked back into that place. But like, come on, no company in America runs that way. That is just sloppy and completely a strategic. And that's what he's doing across the government, including on positions that protect people from harm.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

And then three weeks later, they gave him full back pay and brought him back. And it was only out of his dedication to the people who were working for him that he walked back into that place. But like, come on, no company in America runs that way. That is just sloppy and completely a strategic. And that's what he's doing across the government, including on positions that protect people from harm.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

I mean, I think that many of his policies make us extremely vulnerable to threats coming from abroad and then internal threats.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

I mean, I think that many of his policies make us extremely vulnerable to threats coming from abroad and then internal threats.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Elissa Slotkin to Fellow-Democrats: “Speak in Plain English”

I mean, I think that many of his policies make us extremely vulnerable to threats coming from abroad and then internal threats.