Elissa Slotkin: “What this bill does essentially is shut off avenues that…”

“Oh, yeah, that's okay. Like, Okay, thanks, everybody, for being here. I'm Senator Alyssa Slotkin from the great state of Michigan, and we are here to introduce the Protect Our Polls Act. What this bill does essentially is shut off avenues that President Trump can use to send our military in uniform or federal law enforcement to intervene in our elections. I want to thank my colleagues who are behind me, Senator Padilla, who heads up a lot of our election work, but then Senators Baldwin, Gallego, Kelly, and Klobuchar, who aren't here.” (05:00–05:13)

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