Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin

So I think, like, Democrats need a plan. And I've been in the Senate for, like, 112 or 15 days, and I got tired of waiting for someone else to do it. So I just, like, wrote a war plan, decamped with a bunch of my closest, like, friends and advisors, and wrote our best stab at what we should be doing as a country to push back on the threats to our economy and our democracy.

So I think, like, Democrats need a plan. And I've been in the Senate for, like, 112 or 15 days, and I got tired of waiting for someone else to do it. So I just, like, wrote a war plan, decamped with a bunch of my closest, like, friends and advisors, and wrote our best stab at what we should be doing as a country to push back on the threats to our economy and our democracy.

I mean, yeah, look, I got the chance to give the response to the State of the Union and I made a choice to do that from Michigan. Because if I could give a speech that could work in Michigan and not turn me into a Saturday Night Live skit, then I thought I think it would work for the country.

I mean, yeah, look, I got the chance to give the response to the State of the Union and I made a choice to do that from Michigan. Because if I could give a speech that could work in Michigan and not turn me into a Saturday Night Live skit, then I thought I think it would work for the country.

Like Michigan, I think, is a good bellwether, a good canary in the coal mine on what's going on, particularly on our economy right now. And so what all I can do is, like, take the lessons every single day from what is going on, no shit, no kidding, in my state.

Like Michigan, I think, is a good bellwether, a good canary in the coal mine on what's going on, particularly on our economy right now. And so what all I can do is, like, take the lessons every single day from what is going on, no shit, no kidding, in my state.

And then sort of express to people that I'm going to go fight for them and fight for my state. And that means a good thing for us, but a good thing for the country, too.

And then sort of express to people that I'm going to go fight for them and fight for my state. And that means a good thing for us, but a good thing for the country, too.

I didn't say alpha male.

I didn't say alpha male.

But it's alpha. You don't have to be a male to be alpha energy.

But it's alpha. You don't have to be a male to be alpha energy.

Well, that's what we have to do. I think there's no choice. And I think you're right that the attack ads and framing your enemy, your adversary is what happens in political campaigns. But like, suck it up, buttercup. We got to turn that around.

Well, that's what we have to do. I think there's no choice. And I think you're right that the attack ads and framing your enemy, your adversary is what happens in political campaigns. But like, suck it up, buttercup. We got to turn that around.

Right? Like, you can't just let someone else define you. You have to say what you're about, not just what you're against. And I think Democrats, you know, what Trump is doing is unprecedented. And so we're on our heels. We're trying to figure out where to look first. So, you know, we got to understand that we have to have a plan to know where we're going as a group, right?

Right? Like, you can't just let someone else define you. You have to say what you're about, not just what you're against. And I think Democrats, you know, what Trump is doing is unprecedented. And so we're on our heels. We're trying to figure out where to look first. So, you know, we got to understand that we have to have a plan to know where we're going as a group, right?

And stop turning our guns on each other as Democrats, right? Can we all agree that that, like, where the adversary is in this situation? So, you know, I think that is what we owe to the American people, actually.

And stop turning our guns on each other as Democrats, right? Can we all agree that that, like, where the adversary is in this situation? So, you know, I think that is what we owe to the American people, actually.

Yeah.

Yeah.