Senator Elissa Slotkin On The Future Of The Democratic Party

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin isn't just a congressperson, she's also a former CIA analyst. That means she has special insight into what's be going on abroad. And there's a lot happening these days.

But, as a Democrat, there are plenty of things to focus on at home, too. Namely, what her party is going to do to ensure success in the midterm elections.

We sit down with her to discuss the Trump administration, the Democratic party, and American foreign policy.

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0:32.3	Today, the Senate kicks off a key voting session after a weekend spent rallying votes for the massive piece of legislation advancing President Trump's agenda.
0:36.3	It got heated at times even from within the president's own party.
0:44.8	So what do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding's not there?
0:49.8	That was Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina, speaking from the Senate floor on Sunday
0:54.9	saying he could not support Trump's bill. Over the weekend on Truth Social, the president
0:59.5	told Tillis he was making a big mistake and would mount a challenger against him in the next
1:04.4	election. On Sunday, Tillis said he would not be seeking re-election. As the GOP deals with
1:10.6	some of its own turmoil, Democrats are
1:13.3	still trying to find their footing. On Sunday, Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan announced an
1:19.1	economic war plan for her party, which she says needs a new vision. We recently had the
1:24.9	opportunity to sit down with the senator, who's also a former CIA analyst.
1:29.0	We started our conversation on June 27th with the conflict in the Middle East.
1:33.2	We discussed the continuing discrepancy over the results of the U.S. strike on Iran's three nuclear
1:38.1	sites. Over the weekend, the chief United Nations nuclear inspector said Iran could resume uranium enrichment in a matter of months,
1:47.0	and that because of the U.S. strike, there has been, quote, severe damage, but it's not total damage.
1:53.2	We'll bring you our conversation with Senator Slotkin after this short break.
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