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Elissa Slotkin: “Too many leaders on both sides of the aisle believe that the Trump era was behind us and not worth the heavy…”

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

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Slotkin delivers speech on protecting democracy and fighting authoritarianism

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We need a plan to make sure that no one leader can ever do this again. After Trump's first term, we talked about setting up a task force to do just this. Unfortunately, Too many leaders on both sides of the aisle believe that the Trump era was behind us and not worth the heavy lift of changing laws to protect the future. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, I'm sorry. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. (15:07–15:16)

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Claims bipartisan leaders underestimated the need for legal reforms post-Trump era.

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