US EditionSen. Slotkin Lays Out New Vision for Democrats
- On June 26, 2025, Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivered remarks in Washington, D.C., outlining a new direction for the Democratic Party.
- Slotkin framed her speech in the context of the 2024 Democratic election setbacks and emphasized that the ongoing erosion of the middle class poses a critical threat to the nation’s security.
- She called on Democrats to come together to focus on job growth, reforming education, addressing the housing crisis by initiating an emergency declaration aimed at constructing four million new homes, and implementing bold economic measures such as revamping federal workforce training programs.
- Slotkin declared, "Just blow it up," calling for dismantling outdated training programs, and emphasized the need to address special interest influence that inflates healthcare costs and hinders reform.
- Her speech implied Democrats must overcome internal divisions to focus ruthlessly on the economy and ethics reform, suggesting that failure to do so risks losing the American Dream and democracy itself.
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Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges Democrats to refocus on middle-class issues
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused economic agenda for Democrats on Thursday, urging her party to take more seriously the dissatisfaction voters feel with their personal finances. The Michigan Democrat was a CIA a…
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urges Democrats to refocus on middle-class issues • Source New Mexico
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused economic agenda for Democrats on Thursday, urging her party to take more seriously the dissatisfaction voters feel with their personal finances. The Michigan Democrat was a CIA a…
Democrats urged to refocus on middle-class issues • Louisiana Illuminator
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin outlined a middle-class-focused economic agenda for Democrats on Thursday, urging her party to take more seriously the dissatisfaction voters feel with their personal finances. The Michigan Democrat was a CIA a…
2 Democratic Plans Share 1 Message: Counter GOP and Reclaim Middle-Class Support
Moderate Democrats are sharpening their economic message with new proposals aimed at lowering costs, boosting small businesses, and reviving the shrinking middle class as they offer a rebuttal to the Republican-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and seek to reset their party’s standing after major losses in 2024. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) unveiled what she called an “economic war plan” on June 26, warning that the erosion of the middle clas…
Slotkin outlines economic ‘war plan’ for Democrats to expand middle class
By Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Thursday laid out an economic “war plan,” declaring the country’s shrinking middle class an existential threat to U.S. national security and calling on her party to go on the offense and “ruthlessly” focus on the economy. In a speech in Washington billed as an alternative vision for the country’s future, the former Pentagon official and CIA officer urged her …
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