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U.S. Rep.-elect Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat representing Michigan's 8th Congressional District, was big-time on Sunday. On NBC's "Meet the Press," she talked about her victory and her hesistancy to endorse U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House when the Dems take control in January.
"I never want to be disrespectful for anyone who has served, especially a woman who's broken glass ceilings," she said when asked about backing Pelosi. "In my district, you need to hear what people are telling you. And they want, on both sides of the aisle, a new generation of leadership. So that's what I've said. That's what I'm sticking by.”
She was also asked Slotkin if her victory was a referendum on President Trump, to which she responded:
“No. I, I think honestly we were able to amass support from Democrats, Republicans, Independents because the overall tenor and tone of politics, I think, is fundamentally unbecoming of the country. So the president, you know, leadership climate is set from the top so it's certainly a part of it. But it was an overall feeling like Washington was broken and that integrity had just been evaporated from the system. So it wasn't just the president. He was a part of it.”
Slotkin edged out Republican incumbent Mike Bishop last Tuesday by about two percentage points. He ran stinging poltical ads trying to suggest Slotkin would push Pelosi's agenda.
