Rep. Slotkin says it's time to stop 'playing defense on democracy'

[marmar]

(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/

[gab13by13]

1. Good on her, but she also needs to take that microphone to national TV

and start explaining what project 2025 is all about. We won't have 10 years if we lose this election.

[MiHale]

2. Exactly the thinking we need...

Hope it’s catching.

[Autumn]

3. I like hearing this. You can't get things taken care of playing only defense.

[delisen]

4. We have got that new generation of leaders right here in Slotkin. nt

[CrispyQ]

6. Oh yes, our younger gen dems are on fire! -nt

[CrispyQ]

5. I love this kind of talk!

The other side's been playing the long game & we've been in reaction mode.

IMO, Biden needs to do something unexpected & bold. I wish he'd declare Project 2025 a Constitutional threat & arrest the authors & anyone associated with it on domestic terrorism charges. He took an oath to protect & defend the Constitution & SCOTUS just gave him some new tools to do exactly that. So do it.

If he acts with boldness & goes after these thugs, his poll numbers will go up.