Elissa Slotkin
United States
Democratic
United States senator
government
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician and former Department of Defense official serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025.
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Sep 23, 2026
Lean Left
The Michigan Democrat warned Trump against a deal letting Chinese connected vehicles into the US market, touting her bipartisan bill to block them.
Slotkin is positioning as a China-hawk Democrat, a move the left reads as both a legitimate national security concern and a bid to inoculate her party against GOP attacks on trade.
Sep 23, 2026
Far Left
The Michigan Democrat warned Trump against a deal allowing Chinese connected vehicles into the US market, pushing her bipartisan bill to keep them out.
The left views her China hawkishness as national-security liberalism that protects US automaker profits under the banner of worker safety.