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Elissa Slotkin: “We are playing defense, particularly in these states that…”

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

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

Published October 10, 2023 | Video Starts at 17:22

So what is your take on the Senate map? What's, what's your take on where we're headed here? So, I mean, you basically outlined it, right. We are playing defense, particularly in these states that Trump won. want. I mean, there's no, that is the most important place, you know, for us, I think, to think about for the Senate. (17:22–17:26)

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“The government is gonna run out of money on November 17.”
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“Ukraine funding is more at risk than it was a week ago because it's going to become a key factor in the sport speaker fight.”
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“They're all like jumping on top of each other to show how they won't vote for Ukrainian funding.”
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“The amount of money and weapons that are going to Ukraine is high, it is a fraction of what we would pay if we did nothing.”
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“In American politics, the world is changing every 18 months.”
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“We are going through what I believe to be a decade of political instability in the United States of America.”
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“In Ohio, they're going to have really important ballot initiatives.”
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“Inflation is a very real thing, and people feel extremely stressed about the amount of money that they have in their pockets.”
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“There are a lot of people in the state of Michigan and across the midwest that are pocketbook voters.”
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“We need to talk about the future of work, right? What are we, and I'm from a manufacturing state, so making sure we're doing as much as we…”
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“That's what this whole UAW strike is about, right? Is like, are we going to believe in a strong middle class in America?”
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“The insane costs of healthcare, prescription drugs, childcare, post secondary education... that shrinking middle class is the greatest…”
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“That's, like, number one reason I'm running for Senate, because to me, that is the threat.”
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“Our health care system, including the cost of prescription drugs, is broken.”
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“We lowered the cost of insulin.”
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“Number one killer of children under 21 in America is gun violence.”
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“We passed our first real laws in Michigan in 40 years after the Michigan state shooting.”
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“Diseases of despair are harming our kids. Mental health issues, opioid addiction, fentanyl, and then climate change.”
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“The most bipartisan thing in the world is preserving our natural heritage, our lakes, our rivers, our watersheds, like our environment…”
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“The attack on law enforcement, you know, right now I'm running against someone who's a former FBI officer who has turned against the FBI and…”
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“They just also indicted a sitting democratic senator.”
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“We lost the majority out of [California and New York].”
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“Five seats in New York alone was devastating.”
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“If people who didn't vote actually either were motivated to vote or were able to vote easily, we would win many, many more elections.”
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“I am deeply worried about third parties being spoilers.”
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