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Elissa Slotkin: “It took you 30 hours to put something out on Twitter about…”

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

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Slotkin to Trump's VA Secretary: Alex Pretti was your employee and you owe his family an explanation

Published | Video Starts at 00:22

You said in your opening statement that you weren't able to engage on this topic, but you did engage on this topic. It took you 30 hours to put something out on Twitter about [Alex Preddy's] death. First you put out something with penguins in Greenland, but then you put out a statement that said, quote, such tragedies are unfortunately happening in Minnesota because state and local … (00:22–00:28)

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Asserts that it took 30 hours for a statement to be made on Twitter about Alex Preddy's death.

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