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Elissa Slotkin: “This is not the first time that our country has been turned…”

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

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Slotkin Talks Jobs and the Economy at Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber Event

Published | Video Starts at 18:20

And I will just leave you with something, hopefully a little hopeful, right? It's like February in Michigan. We need something a little hopeful. This is not the first time that our country has been turned in on, inward, on each other. It's not the first time in our history when Americans have argued in a zero sum way with each other. (18:20–18:26)

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Asserts that the current political division is not unprecedented in U.S. history.

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