Slotkin Says Democrats Split on Strategy During Trump’s Second Term

The Michigan senator pressed for a tougher stance by the party in combating President Donald Trump’s second term and GOP control of Congress.
Slotkin Says Democrats Split on Strategy During Trump’s Second Term
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in Wyandotte, Mich., on March 4, 2025. Paul Sancya/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Democrats remain split over how seriously to treat President Donald Trump’s second term and must adopt a tougher posture on Capitol Hill to counter it.

Speaking at an Axios News Shapers forum in Washington on July 23, the Michigan Democrat said that the party’s real divide is no longer progressive versus moderate but between those who see Trump’s second term as an existential danger and those who view it as merely undesirable. She put herself in the first camp of viewing the president as a threat.
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