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Elissa Slotkin: “Trump wants to take us backwards. He admires dictators a…”

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

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Elissa Slotkin Addresses the Democratic National Convention in 2024

Published | Video Starts at 00:56

I want to talk tonight about national security, because the choice in November is stark. America retreating from the world or leading the world. Trump wants to take us backwards. He admires dictators a lot. He treats our friends as adversaries and our adversaries as friends. But our vision is based on our values, the values that took us to the shores of Normandy and helped us win the Cold War. (00:56–01:08)

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Asserts that Trump wants to take the U.S. backwards, admires dictators, and treats allies as adversaries and vice versa.

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