Michigan Senator Wants to Use the Law as a ‘Deterrent’ Against Young People Who Want to Work for the Trump Admin
A Democratic senator told a University of Chicago audience last week that her party should use criminal cases to make a job in the Trump White House look like a career mistake.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst, said Democrats should aim past the president and at the officials working under him.
“I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president but on the people who enabled him,” Slotkin said.
Her target audience, she explained, is the pool of young Americans finishing school and weighing where to work. Slotkin laid out the thought process she hopes those graduates go through when a Trump administration job crosses their radar.
“I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? That sounds fun, I might get an opportunity,’” she said. “I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’”
“I want that deterrence message sent,” she added.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst, said Democrats should aim past the president and at the officials working under him.
“I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president but on the people who enabled him,” Slotkin said.
Her target audience, she explained, is the pool of young Americans finishing school and weighing where to work. Slotkin laid out the thought process she hopes those graduates go through when a Trump administration job crosses their radar.
“I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? That sounds fun, I might get an opportunity,’” she said. “I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’”
“I want that deterrence message sent,” she added.
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