‘The View’: Sen. Elissa Slotkin Says She Was ‘Just Trying Not to Be’ an ‘SNL’ Sketch in Response to Trump’s Joint Address | Video
Sen. Elissa Slotkin knew there was a lot of pressure in delivering the Democrats’ response to Trump’s joint address this month, and she was trying to avoid one outcome in particular: becoming an “SNL” target.
Stopping by “The View” on Tuesday morning, Slotkin admitted that when Sen. Chuck Schumer originally set the meeting to ask her to give the speech, she thought she had done something to upset him and/or her colleagues.
“It was true that Senator Schumer asked for a private meeting with me, and I said to myself, ‘I’m in trouble again. How is this possible? I’ve been a Senator for six weeks,'” she recalled. “And so I went in and I was expecting to be in trouble, and I was not in trouble. He gave me this honor.”
That said, Slotkin also noted that the duty to give the response has also turned into a “cursed” position,...
Stopping by “The View” on Tuesday morning, Slotkin admitted that when Sen. Chuck Schumer originally set the meeting to ask her to give the speech, she thought she had done something to upset him and/or her colleagues.
“It was true that Senator Schumer asked for a private meeting with me, and I said to myself, ‘I’m in trouble again. How is this possible? I’ve been a Senator for six weeks,'” she recalled. “And so I went in and I was expecting to be in trouble, and I was not in trouble. He gave me this honor.”
That said, Slotkin also noted that the duty to give the response has also turned into a “cursed” position,...
- 3/11/2025
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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