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Elissa Slotkin: “The President said it aloud. That guy's over there. To look…”

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

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin responds to New York Times story on Graham Platner

Published | Video Starts at 03:50

… of the intelligence community, that they could ever potentially use those tools to focus on domestic missions, domestic issues, actual Americans, private information. Again, it is a real threat. And The President said it aloud. That guy's over there. To look into the elections, not to protect us from a terrorist attack or a nation state. is. I mean, it is sort of the hallmark of this presidency that it's all out loud. We don't have to go digging. (03:50–03:58)

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Asserts that the President publicly stated Bill Pulte's role is to investigate elections, not national security threats.

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