Senator Slotkin is missing the election results plot, as is the group she is a member of called Majority Democrats

There has been some recent chatter on social media about what Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin said at a recent conference in Denver Colorado.

The quote from the online political news site The Hill that has been the primary focus of Slotkin’s comments is:

“If you have elected officials who are spending all their time fighting progressive versus moderate, then they have missed the plot of the election,” she continued. “That new generation is not going to be defined by progressive versus moderate. That new generation, quite simply, is are you on Team Fight or are you on Team Flight?” 

Now, these words by Slotkin might seem to be progressive or challenging party norms, but they are essentially meaningless for two main reasons.

First, these comments from Senator Slotkin were delivered at a conference organized by the group Majority Democrats, which hosted a conference of Democrats with the theme What’s Next.

According to their website, Majority Democrats states – “We believe in a life built around four values: possibility, patriotism, personal responsibility, and place.” Based on these values it seem like Senator Slotkin (who is a member of Majority Democrats) has missed the plot about the results of the election.

The outcome of the election was that voters have rejected a form of fascism, economic plundering, and the cruelty of government agencies like ICE. There is nothing about the Majority Democrats commitment to fighting fascism, practicing economic justice and abolishing ICE.

Second, Senator Slotkin, like most elected officials, fails to understand that what you say is meaningless, since it always comes down to your actions and how you vote. In this regard Slotkin should be seen as someone who has not only voted with the Trump Administration, but has engaged in performative actions that are hollow.

When Senator Slotkin made news a year ago by telling US military personnel to disobey orders for deployment I wrote an article pointing out that Slotkin didn’t take her own words to heart while she was in the CIA. Senator Slotkin’s time in the CIA was during the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. The US claimed that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), specifically nuclear capability, as the pretext for the US invasion/occupation in 2003. Those claims were false, but even if they were true, did the US have the right to invade and occupy Iraq? The United Nations didn’t support the US invasion/occupation, so why didn’t Elissa Slotkin refuse orders to be part of that military operation?

ICE has been terrorizing immigrants since they were founded in 2003. As a member of the House and as a US Senator Slotkin has never challenged the very existence of ICE and only recently proposed to offer some mild reforms. Overall, Senator Slotkin’s voting record on immigration and ICE are not reflective of what most immigrants and voters want, which is to abolish ICE.

In addition, you can’t claim to be against US wars and then vote to fund US militarism, like Senator Slotkin did last year when she and Senator Peters both voted for the Trump Administration’s $914 billion US military budget, which also included anti-trans provisions.

Lastly, it is important to note that a significant part of the 2026 election vote was against supporting genocide and candidates/politicians who take money from AIPAC. So it seems that Senator Slotkin doesn’t really understand the plot of the midterm elections.