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The newly elected Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan will deliver her party’s response to Joint Address of President Donald Trump at Congress On Tuesday, while Democrats are working to define the future of the party following difficult losses last fall.
Slotkin’s remarks will be the opening volley of Democrats while the party is looking for a united and united response to Trump and the actions of the administration so far in the midst of Washington republican control.
The speech will give a high-level platform to Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who, in November, retained a republican challenger experienced in a state that voted for Trump. Congress Democratic leaders consider it booming in the party and believe that its ability to win a siege in the Senate in a state that Trump has won is proof of its wide call to voters
The Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer, called Slotkin “a rising star in our party”, telling journalists “the American people will love what they have to say. It is simply great on economic and national security. »»
Slotkin recognized in CNN last fall that the Democratic Party had trouble communicating its message to voters. “We were also able to convey this message, and we have not always been great on this subject. It’s about us, ”she said.
Michigan Democrat said her goal would be to “level” the American people during her speech on Tuesday.
“The public expects the leaders not behaving with them on what is really going on in our country. From our economic security to our national security, we have to trace a way to follow that really improves people’s lives in the country we all love, and I can’t wait to have this, “she said in a statement.
Slotkin warned that Trump pricing policy could trigger a trade war which would be a “gift to foreign car manufacturers”.
The protection of the American automotive industry was a central concern for voters in the battlefield of Michigan, where Slotkin and other Democrats argued that Trump’s trade policies and the opposition to strengthen the production of electric vehicles would threaten the critical American industry.
Its delivery Tuesday evening is delivered with high expectations and risks. GOP senator, Katie Britt, of Alabama, faced a reaction after her response to the state of the Union of the President of the time, Joe Biden, last year. Britt told the story of a woman of sexual traffic while she criticized the immigration policies of the former Biden, but later recognized that the incident did not occur during the presidency of Biden.
At 48, Slotkin is the youngest democratic woman elected to the Senate, but she entered as a disruptor and more as a potential swing vote on key issues like immigration. In one of her first votes as a senator, she joined the Republicans to Adopt the act of Riley LakenA bill led by the GOP to demand the detention of undocumented migrants accused of certain crimes.
His victory in November maintained a crucial siege in the Senate in the democratic hands of Michigan, where President Donald Trump beat former vice-president Kamala Harris with more than 80,000 votes. Slotkin, who had previously won competitive house races to keep a seat in the Lansing region, beat the former GOP representative Mike Rogers to win his headquarters in the Senate in November by a thin margin of around 19,000 votes.
Slotkin has campaigned on key democratic issues, such as access to abortion and control of firearms, while making efforts to contact republican voters.
“You will always have an open door in my office. You will always have a place at the table, because I want to hear from you, “said Slotkin in a direct call to the Conservatives during one of his debates against Rogers.
Slotkin asked voters throughout his campaign to “join us on normal team”, presenting himself as a solver of common sense problems focused on the concerns of a large coalition of voters.
Before serving in the House for six years, Slotkin worked as CIA analyst and in national security posts under former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
As a graduate student in New York at the time of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Slotkin said that Fateful Day had changed the trajectory of her career and led her to a public service life.
“I did not enter higher education by thinking that I would choose the national service as a career,” she said said CNN, reflecting on what was his second day in Columbia. “At the end of this day, I knew that national service was what I was going to do.”
This story has been updated with additional details.