Sen. Elissa Slotkin says more unites Americans than divides after Trump’s speech

Image caption: Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses her Democratic response […]. Image source: Pool / Getty Images. Article by Barbara Sprunt and Don Gonyea. NPR – updated March 5, 2025. Read transcript of Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s speech here.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin acknowledged what she called a “fraught election season” as she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to President Trump’s first address in his second term to a joint session of Congress. “I won’t take it personally if you’ve never heard of me,” the first-term senator said at the start of her 10-minute speech. (Read her speech here.) “America wants change, but there’s a responsible way to make change […]

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