Alyssa Slotkin

I got all the way through high school without anyone knowing, right? It was a different time. So you're not going to find someone who feels more strongly about gay rights and about, you know, she died before gay marriage was legal. And I went through, you know, the pain of like having to, the hospital having to allow her partner to make decisions even though they weren't legally married, right?

I got all the way through high school without anyone knowing, right? It was a different time. So you're not going to find someone who feels more strongly about gay rights and about, you know, she died before gay marriage was legal. And I went through, you know, the pain of like having to, the hospital having to allow her partner to make decisions even though they weren't legally married, right?

So that's, it's not that those aren't important issues. It's just when you are trying to speak to people, you need to speak to their broadest sense of needs. And they need to understand that your priorities are their priorities. And so that is what I mean is like when you lead with the identity politics, it's sort of like you're missing what 80 percent of at least my people are talking about.

So that's, it's not that those aren't important issues. It's just when you are trying to speak to people, you need to speak to their broadest sense of needs. And they need to understand that your priorities are their priorities. And so that is what I mean is like when you lead with the identity politics, it's sort of like you're missing what 80 percent of at least my people are talking about.

So that's, it's not that those aren't important issues. It's just when you are trying to speak to people, you need to speak to their broadest sense of needs. And they need to understand that your priorities are their priorities. And so that is what I mean is like when you lead with the identity politics, it's sort of like you're missing what 80 percent of at least my people are talking about.

Yeah. Well, look, even I just finished a hearing for some Department of Defense nominees. And I was in the elevator with a Republican colleague who had gone before me. And I said, you know, I disagree with pretty much everything you said in your question. And, you know. that what he's saying is BS. Like, you know, right? And it's sort of like a tap dance.

Yeah. Well, look, even I just finished a hearing for some Department of Defense nominees. And I was in the elevator with a Republican colleague who had gone before me. And I said, you know, I disagree with pretty much everything you said in your question. And, you know. that what he's saying is BS. Like, you know, right? And it's sort of like a tap dance.

Yeah. Well, look, even I just finished a hearing for some Department of Defense nominees. And I was in the elevator with a Republican colleague who had gone before me. And I said, you know, I disagree with pretty much everything you said in your question. And, you know. that what he's saying is BS. Like, you know, right? And it's sort of like a tap dance.

And then, frankly, for some of them, like, look, I want a seat at the table. It's literally what one of them told me.

And then, frankly, for some of them, like, look, I want a seat at the table. It's literally what one of them told me.

And then, frankly, for some of them, like, look, I want a seat at the table. It's literally what one of them told me.

You're really going to have to ask them. I think, look, I remember a moment early in my tenure as an elected representative, 2019, right? I'd just gotten elected in 2018 representing a Trump voting district. And the minute I get to Congress, everyone's talking about impeaching Trump, impeaching Trump.

You're really going to have to ask them. I think, look, I remember a moment early in my tenure as an elected representative, 2019, right? I'd just gotten elected in 2018 representing a Trump voting district. And the minute I get to Congress, everyone's talking about impeaching Trump, impeaching Trump.

You're really going to have to ask them. I think, look, I remember a moment early in my tenure as an elected representative, 2019, right? I'd just gotten elected in 2018 representing a Trump voting district. And the minute I get to Congress, everyone's talking about impeaching Trump, impeaching Trump.

I knew that if I said, okay, yes, let's go and impeach Trump, I was gonna be a one-term Congresswoman, right? I understood that. And so there'd be a push, a push, and like a number of us would sort of push back.

I knew that if I said, okay, yes, let's go and impeach Trump, I was gonna be a one-term Congresswoman, right? I understood that. And so there'd be a push, a push, and like a number of us would sort of push back.

I knew that if I said, okay, yes, let's go and impeach Trump, I was gonna be a one-term Congresswoman, right? I understood that. And so there'd be a push, a push, and like a number of us would sort of push back.

In the fall of 2019, that's when we first got reporting that the president had told Zelensky, unless you give me dirt on Joe Biden, I'm going to stop your weapons, you know, and helping you and supporting you. And for me and a number of others, it just was beyond the pale. And I had to sort of say to myself over the course of a weekend, like...

In the fall of 2019, that's when we first got reporting that the president had told Zelensky, unless you give me dirt on Joe Biden, I'm going to stop your weapons, you know, and helping you and supporting you. And for me and a number of others, it just was beyond the pale. And I had to sort of say to myself over the course of a weekend, like...

In the fall of 2019, that's when we first got reporting that the president had told Zelensky, unless you give me dirt on Joe Biden, I'm going to stop your weapons, you know, and helping you and supporting you. And for me and a number of others, it just was beyond the pale. And I had to sort of say to myself over the course of a weekend, like...