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Elissa Slotkin: “That's, like, number one reason I'm running for Senate…”

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

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Battle for the Senate: A Conversation with Michigan Candidate & Current Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin

Published | Video Starts at 27:32

That to me, that middle class, that shrinking middle class is the greatest threat to the United States. And I say that as a national security person. And so I speak. That's, like, number one reason I'm running for Senate, because to me, that is the threat. So we shouldn't shy away from an economic message. As Democrats, all the other democratic values, things are absolutely vital, but so is people being able to feed and house their kids. (27:32–27:37)

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Asserts that addressing the shrinking middle class is her primary reason for running for Senate.

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