The Contrarian salutes Sen. Elissa Slotkin for her response to Trump’s address to Congress. She is “calm in a crisis, level-headed, pragmatic, and steeped in American values—everything Trump is not. She is a symbol of hope in these dark times.” open.substack.com/pub/contrari... - ThreadSky

barbmcquade.bsky.social • 69 days ago

The Contrarian salutes Sen. Elissa Slotkin for her response to Trump’s address to Congress. She is “calm in a crisis, level-headed, pragmatic, and steeped in American values—everything Trump is not. She is a symbol of hope in these dark times.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/undaunted-senator-elissa-slotkin?r=1kwg6m

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cciavonne.bsky.social•69 days ago

HOWEVER. This is not a democracy anymore and we need a f a r less decorus approach.

lorila02.bsky.social•69 days ago

It was a disgrace. She is supporting Trump more tgan we the people. Reagan was the start of the villainizing government and taking away social supports. Poor choice. They could have had Warren or Murphy.

isometricfit.bsky.social•69 days ago

Canada says, They not going back, even if Tarriffs are lifted. We will never go thru this again. #CanadaIsPissed
#Canada
#DamnWeMessedUp
#WeveWokenAsleepingGiant
#ITriedtoWarnYou

lorila02.bsky.social•69 days ago

Go Canada. Don’t play in to Trumps BS. Make him deal w the consequences of his stupidity.

beverlymann19.bsky.social•68 days ago

She fit the moment, but is not the future of the party - which by now presumably knows that.

lallberry.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yeah…..no! She voted YES on a whopping EIGHT of drump’s deplorable nominees!! FRIGGIN’ EIGHT OF THEM!! That is unforgivable

cboonenb.bsky.social•68 days ago

💯

mis-mannered.bsky.social•68 days ago

Give me AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Chris Murphy, and, yes, Bernie Sanders.

demsaregoodpeople2.bsky.social•68 days ago

riyht...

noreen900.bsky.social•69 days ago

Loved her speech after Trump’s address to Congress. She wiped the floor with them.

krebsi.bsky.social•69 days ago

She was fantastic and on point

slr11101.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yes but none of Trump’s lies were called out on. Will this continue for 4 years??? Democrats must reach those voters that are “believing” Trump’s bulls-it.

neilc-atl.bsky.social•69 days ago

Is she tho?

ladydragan.bsky.social•69 days ago

She's also incorrect. The economy was an issue because the magats used their usual false narrative to get their way.

christina55.bsky.social•69 days ago

I’m Canadian so my opinion doesn’t really count, BUT I think there are others who are better symbols of hope. Their actions & words actually match.

fultonatron.bsky.social•69 days ago

She's my senator!

opobserver01.bsky.social•69 days ago

We need more like her.

michellehaubrich17.bsky.social•68 days ago

People don’t understand the value of her response and how it was delivered. We need those who can do that work, as well as those who GET INTO GOOD TROUBLE!! Decorum has its place, but now we need to get our hands dirty.

whoudi.bsky.social•69 days ago

thornyopinion.bsky.social•69 days ago

Barf. It was a passionless SOP to the politics of 1992. It was woefully short of what we need right now.

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

What ought she have said.

Be specific

greatgg70.bsky.social•69 days ago

Level head might get us in a better place if tough is also in place

greatgg70.bsky.social•69 days ago

She's great

chiefsnavychick.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is not working!

detroitstrong.bsky.social•69 days ago

More Elissa Slotkins, less John James

jnaomi.bsky.social•69 days ago

The Dems are too in love with their corporate campaign $$ and insider trading tips🤑. DemocracyNow had excellent program revealing how they could care less about loss of Medicaid for their constituents. Gag🤮
Democracy Now! 2025-03-07 Friday https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-j2f4a-242c373c

defund-and-abolish.bsky.social•69 days ago

Hard pass on Slotkin.

mlynnh.bsky.social•69 days ago

Slotkin's response, from what I experienced was calm and well compartmentalized, but I didn't hear most of it because her voice put me to sleep. I'd rather have a firebrand at the helm if my opinion means anything.

gedtophd.bsky.social•69 days ago

She lost me with the American exceptionalism nonsense.

There's a coup unfolding as she was heralding U.S. exceptionalism.

What is the threshold whereby the U.S. isn't exceptional anymore ? Goosestepping?

merrylander.bsky.social•66 days ago

She voted for Kristi Noem. How can she be trusted?

suedei.bsky.social•69 days ago

Sen. Slotkin did a great job.

plemmonsdk.bsky.social•69 days ago

nope.

halleyhart.bsky.social•69 days ago

She's my rep and I was appalled at her anti-immigration commercials during the campaign. And disgusted by how she votes. I'm ashamed of her

ronpat1963.bsky.social•68 days ago

The country needs to see more of her.

peppera.bsky.social•69 days ago

She was mighty impressive.

mdweb.bsky.social•69 days ago

Good job

mdweb.bsky.social•69 days ago

Churchill in the wilderness told the people what was happening, predicted the coming tragedy, and when time proved him right, sailed back into power. Dems. Go to your town halls tell the people what’s happening, what to expect.

axelfish.bsky.social•69 days ago

She supported some of trump’s cabinet nominees. She won’t my support.

sewin.bsky.social•69 days ago

Democratic America wants younger(under 50 year old) minds to run for office! This "ole' boy" stupidity should be tossed into "The Gulf of Mexrica".

reliablerip.bsky.social•69 days ago

Have to disagree with that assessment, Barb. Her response was almost toothless against the avalanche of terrible policy and lies from the extorter-in-chief. She also voting for his cabinet candidates , almost all unqualified

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

What ought she have said?

Be specific.

stwiek.bsky.social•68 days ago

We really dont need calm! Dems should b shouting from the windows and in the streets. We’re mad as hell. Is what the orange man doing against the law and constitution or not? Let the conequal branches of government do their jobs

stwiek.bsky.social•69 days ago

I am really tired of calm. He is destroying every norm . Lke a big ugly orange monster.
He is breaking the law !nothing csn be done?

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

So, acting like a lunatic will fix things?

stwiek.bsky.social•68 days ago

A lying thieving traitor is someone to stand up 2. The orange man has not earned or does he deserve respect. Shame on all who bend to him. Eveyone who knows better must speak out. He is a despicable p o s

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

Thanks for not answering the question.

Let me put it another way:

What concrete action do you expect Congressional Democrats to take?

stwiek.bsky.social•68 days ago

The answer is be the opposition and make it known who’s slashing medical research.

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

Are they not doing that?

stwiek.bsky.social•68 days ago

Law suits. Embarrass republicans with truth. Sue musk. He’s not appointed to sny legitimate https://agency.place bill boards in maga country they will loose their benefits. Blue states stop contributing . Congress has allocated funds. Spend them

fitzd78.bsky.social•68 days ago

Are they not doing that?

cinderelmo.bsky.social•69 days ago

It was too muted given the state we’re in

novatomama.bsky.social•69 days ago

I'm so tired of the lionization of Reagan. His policies are what started the dismantling of the middle class and his slimy handling of the hostage crisis gave an 👍 to the GOP that it's ok to lie to get more power.

fja1.bsky.social•69 days ago

The problem nobody heard the rebottle, but on a brighter note trumps social media stock DJT has hit the wall. No bounce up from here. Just headed down pretty soon be near worthless.

lainie610.bsky.social•69 days ago

I generally like her, but she still believes in politics as usual which is not going to help us with the crisis we're in.

coastally1337.bsky.social•69 days ago

I changed the channel, this failed approach will never carry the day because in spite of the bleating insistence of consultants and pollsters, the political coalition you seek just doesn’t exist.

ewwdavid1.bsky.social•69 days ago

She voted for a lot of of Trump’s nominees. How do you fight against someone when you’re simultaneously supporting the destruction they’re doing? It really is embarrassing to be a Democrat..

donbaldwin.bsky.social•69 days ago

Could have done without that Reagan bullshit, tbh.

paullance76.bsky.social•69 days ago

She quoted Reagan 🤮🤮😍😍STOP PANDERING TO THE RIGHT

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