Rep. Slotkin says it's time to stop 'playing defense on democracy' [View all]

(Michigan Advance) U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing) says that if she’s elected to the U.S. Senate this year, she wants to use her background as a former CIA and Defense Department official to build a proactive strategy on basic rights and democracy.

“I’m so sick of playing defense on democracy — waiting for the next shoe to drop, the next bad Supreme Court decision, the next horrible state law out of Texas,” Slotkin said at an environmental protection event in Traverse City on May 29.

In an interview with the Advance last month, Slotkin noted that conservatives had “a 50-year plan to get rid of the right to an abortion” and Democrats need to organize and develop a “10-year plan to get it back.

“I come from the Pentagon where you don’t go to the bathroom without strategic planning,” she said with a laugh. “It’s a place where you’re trained to constantly be thinking about the long game and how do we organize with all the interested stakeholders at the table to get to that goal.” ...............(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/07/05/rep-slotkin-says-its-time-to-stop-playing-defense-on-democracy/