Elissa Slotkin rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in Wyandotte, Mich., on March 4, 2025. Sen. Elissa Slotkin rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress,

The freshman senator from a swing state, a former CIA analyst, scrutinized Donald Trump’s handling of Russia’s war on Ukraine, saying that he “would have lost us the Cold War.”

Freshmen Senator Elissa Slotkin was quick to troll President Donald Trump during her rebuttal speech on behalf of the Democratic Party Tuesday night, dedicating her introduction to poking fun at how long the president’s Congressional address went.

During the Democratic rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) went after the president on several key issues, including the economy and claimed democracy is “at risk.

Watch live as Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's first joint congressional address of his second presidency. Slotkin will deliver the rebuttal just two months into her tenure in the U.

"After the spectacle that just took place in the Oval Office last week, Reagan must be rolling over in his grave," Slotkin said, referring to Trump and Ukrainian President Volodym

Elissa Slotkin of Michigan accused him of having no credible plan to deal with high grocery and home prices. But she opened her remarks with an emphasis on unity. "My dad was a lifelong Republican, my mom a lifelong Democrat.

Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin provided her party's response to President Donald Trump's speech to Congress. During her response, Slotkin recognised that the "country is going through something right now,