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born 1976

Elissa Blair Slotkin (born July 10, 1976) is an American politician, who is currently serving as Michigan's junior senator. She is also known for serving as the former representative for Michigan's 7th and 8th district in the United States House of Representatives; and as a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst and Department of Defense official.

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Leadership is about the actions you take, not the things you say behind closed doors.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

The Caribbean strikes, the list of domestic terrorists, military and law enforcements across our American streets. He seems to be laying the groundwork to stay in power.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

Acknowledging you have a problem is the first step to recovery, and then we have to understand we've clearly got mental health issues.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin talks (2025)

Trump has laid out a whole lot of enemies that are American citizens.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

This is... fundamentally un-American and strikes at the heart of who we are as a people...

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

I really believe that the existential threat to the country is not coming from abroad. It's the shrinking middle-class at home and what that does to our stability here.

Shrinking middle class threatens U.S. stability (2025)

This is the country we all love. Our country needs us right now. It is our moment to step up.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

Trump's full reorientation towards the "enemy within" ...has major implications for his use of force...

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

Congress needs to reclaim our power... over the use of force.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

If the president is going to fundamentally redefine the use of force in America... I believe Trump is reshaping the country to hold on to power.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

To my Republican colleagues... in the spirit of John McCain we need to start pushing back where we don't agree on how force is being used.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

The smell of that - the burning buildings and that very sort of toxic chemically smell that was just hanging over New York for weeks, if not months, and it completely changed my life.

Shrinking middle class threatens U.S. stability (2025)

There's plenty of time for us to figure out what happened and what the motive was for this man, but it just - it doesn't matter at this point. These people are victims and they're survivors and this community is going to have a long road back to healing.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin talks (2025)

It was not just the shooting. It was the fire, and the community is just trying to understand what happened. It is a testament to law enforcement.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin talks (2025)

If there's a threat coming from abroad or, you know, something happening, you have to call balls and strikes on that or else people can get, you know, deeply hurt.

Shrinking middle class threatens U.S. stability (2025)

Ordinary citizens... can help stiffen the spines of people at home. ...[L]ocal elections are going to be more important than ever.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

There’s a lot of leaders in the Democratic Party. I liken it to a solar system. We have stars, and we have planets with their own gravitational pull, but we don’t have a sun that we all center around.

Elissa Slotkin Wants Democrats to Reclaim Their 'Alpha Energy (2025)

I'm introducing a bill, the No Troops in Our Streets Act that gives Congress the ability to immediately end a military deployment in American cities.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

[T]he American people deserve to know who we are at war with, especially if people are being killed in our name.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

The videos out of Chicago are shocking! Federal agents pulling their weapons on highways... injuring and... killing civilians. Many are masked, not wearing uniforms and driving unmarked cars.

Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook (2025)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elissa Slotkin (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.