What a Mainstream Democratic Senator Talks Like
Genocide? What Genocide?
I highly recommend this interview of Senator Elissa Slotkin, Democrat of Michigan, conducted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti.
Asked if Israel has genocidal intent with Gaza, Senator Slotkin defers and deflects. Asked if AIPAC should register as a foreign agent, she does the same. Her positions and her answers place and keep her within the mainstream of the Democratic Party. She continues to support Israel, including weapons systems that are “defensive” (and almost any weapon system can be defined as defensive, including the bombs Israel used to flatten Gaza).
As an ex-CIA analyst, Senator Slotkin does her best to project studied detachment, even as she resorts occasionally to “I don’t know, I’m focused on Michigan” stances. The “rube from Michigan” act is unconvincing. She has an extensive background with the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Defense Department, giving her (one would think) a well-informed and global vision of events, but she beats a retreat to Michigan when questions become challenging to her.
Watch this woman—she has a bright future among the corporate Democrats. She knows how to swim along with the tide, never against it. I can see her as a vice presidential nominee for the Democrats in 2028. Which is yet another illustration of exactly what is wrong with the Democratic Party.
I had seen that video on the YouTube landing page, and given it featured Breaking Points talking to a corporate Democrat, I passed. Thanks for confirming my decision.
Recently, CBS cancelled Colbert. Granted, that action was to placate Trump and allow the Paramount/SkyDance deal to proceed. But the financials probably supported it anyway - late night viewership is declining, and the late night talk shows increasingly are irrelevant to younger viewers - the last show will be canceled even before the last boomer departs.
I only say that because with people like Elissa Slotkin; the faux populists like AOC, and the entrenched dinosaurs like the Clintons and the Obamas, the Democratic Party is another entity living long past its relevance. One hopes it doesn't take the last boomer passing to mark its end.
Do you think her religion might conceivably be an element in this?