If you commit a criminal act or use taxpayer dollars in a way that violates the law, you should be held accountable. President Trump and his allies have used manufactured outrage about what I said because they wanna talk about anything but what's going on…
Meantly / Elissa Slotkin
Rhetoric profile
Elissa Slotkin
Across 60 statements tracked since 25 Sept 2026, Elissa Slotkin's most frequent rhetorical moves are threat & fear and absolutes.
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So why are the President and his allies attacking me? They are trying to distract from the real story of his failed agenda to lower your costs. To distract from the high price of gas.
Just a few hours ago, President Trump said in the Oval Office that I should be tried in court because I dared to talk about the corruption coming out of the White House.
President Trump has always had a bromance with Vladimir Putin, and it’s clear he wants him to win this winter in Ukraine. So now he's lifting sanctions to help fuel Vladimir Putin and his war machine.
How do authoritarian tactics work? The goal is to create so many threats against you, your family, and your staff that you shut up. They wanna manufacture outrage. They all start repeating the same talking points. The goal is to crush your spirit. That fear…
When you call out their corruption, President Trump and his allies don't like that. They attack you. They intimidate you. It's not going to work, because I believe this is simple. If you break the law, you should be held accountable.
Why are Trump and his allies attacking me? I touched a nerve because I talked about corruption. The average person understands that the president is enriching himself and using taxpayer dollars to do it. It triggers them when you bring that up.
How is manufacturing doing? Well, Michigan has lost 12,000 manufacturing jobs in the year and a half since President Trump took office. President Trump’s economic policies are certainly contributing to the loss of these manufacturing jobs. I break it down.
Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, so let me avoid participating in that.
I hopped on the train from Chicago back home to Michigan. I break down why I’m focused on the idea that we should speed up trains between Chicago and Detroit, and Detroit to Toronto! In Michigan we love our cars and driving, but taking the train is a great…
The presidential pardon power is out of control on both sides of the aisle, and I think it should end. There are literally people who are pardon brokers who are being paid $300,000 to get close to Trump and to buy a pardon. Ban the presidential pardon.
Tonight, we received confirmation that a suspicious letter was intercepted en route to our office in Detroit. Everyone is safe, and the matter is being investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the FBI.
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