Lansing, Michigan (AP) – The Michigan Senator, in the first mandate, Elissa Slotkin accused President Donald Trump of increasing the costs while putting pressure on an “unprecedented gift to his billionaire friends” in the democratic response on Tuesday evening to his first joint speech of the congress of his second term.
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Slotkin, a few months before his first mandate in the American Senate after winning a headquarters in Michigan despite the transport of Trump, said that Trump “had not established a credible plan” to combat the increase in daily expenses for the Americans. She said the prices that came into force on Tuesday early on Tuesday would overcome the problem.
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“For those who keep the score, the national debt increases, not broken down,” said Slotkin. “And if he is not careful, he could walk us directly in a recession.”
Slotkin took the floor of Wyandotte, Michigan, a working class community south of Detroit, after Trump gave the longest speech to the congress by an American history.
“It’s late,” she started, “so I promise to be much shorter than you just looked at.”
In his speech, which lasted an hour and 40 minutes, Trump claimed the merit of “rapid and relentless measures” to reshape the national economy, immigration and foreign policy during his first weeks in power. The room and the Senate controlled by the Republicans did not do much to check the president’s agenda.
In his refutation, which lasted a little more than 10 minutes, Slotkin told Americans that “change does not need to be chaotic or make us less sure”. His remarks came when Democrats find it difficult to settle on a unified message to fight Trump. This struggle was fully exposed Tuesday evening when some Democratic members held signs in the room of the room with various messages. The most dramatic moment came when the representative of Texas Al Green was escorted after having heckled the president.
Slotkin focused on economic issues after Trump’s announcement on Monday that 25% prices on imports from Mexico and Canada would start on Tuesday. This decision has rekindled the fears of a North American trade war, which has already shown signs of stimulation of inflation and growth.
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Known for its more moderate policy, Slotkin has not hesitated in the past to criticize the messaging of his party if necessary.
“We have not done as good work as possible to show what our priorities are,” Slotkin told the Associated Press after the November elections. “Our priorities, in my mind, should start with the portfolios of people and their children. And I think the message was confused for many people, certainly at the national level. »»
Her team said that she had been joined by the veteran Marin Andrew Lennox, who recently spoken out after losing her job in a hospital of Ann Arbor veterans due to cuts implemented by the government’s ministry, or DOGE, led by billionaire Elon Musk.
48 -year -old Slotkin, former CIA analyst, is considered a leading figure in the next generation of the party. She presented herself to her duties in 2018, beating an outgoing republican with two mandates. After redistribution, she has always won one of the country’s most competitive house seats, acquired the reputation of one of the best party fundraising. In 2023, she announced a race for the open headquarters of the Michigan Senate after senator Debbie Stabenow announced that she would not seek a fifth term.
