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Elissa Slotkin: “As a senator, I have the ability to stand up a legal defense…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 23:16

Because if the average citizen had the physical threats and then the legal threats that we've been facing, you understand why people just go to ground. Right. Just the ability to hire a lawyer. Right. And As a senator, I have the ability to stand up a legal defense fund and help pay for the lawyer that I need to defend myself. The average citizen can't do that. Right. And the average citizen doesn't get Capitol police when there's 24, seven threats against you and your house and your family and your parents. (23:16–23:25)

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