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Rising Michigan Democrat says she was 'going to punch someone' over party's 'annoying' economic gaslighting
Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin called out her own party on Wednesday for spending years claiming the economy wasn't bad under the Biden administration. Though she defended voting in favor of many of former President Joe Biden's economic policies as a congresswoman, Slotkin told the New York Times' "The Opinions" podcast that Democrats largely fumbled by ignoring people's struggles. "So we did pass a bunch of things, but we also spent a good year plus after the pandemic explaining to people that the economy was not as bad as they thought," Slotkin said. "Saying things like: This Harvard economist says that G.D.P. is the highest, bah, bah, bah." Dem Senator Says It's No 'Secret To Anyone' That Trump Has Party On Its Heels She remarked, "I was going to punch someone if they quoted me one more Harvard economist when I could tell you with certainty that in my part of the world, people's wages were not keeping pace with inflation. Period." Slotkin went on to say that the Democratic Party made voters feel "stupid" by ignoring their issues because the economy looked good "on a piece of paper in a spreadsheet in Boston." Read On The Fox News App "That was annoying and was our fault," she said. Slotkin, who was elected to the Senate last year, rose to national prominence after giving the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's congressional address in March. Since then, she has been equally critical of her own party for its focus on identity politics. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture In April, Politico previewed a speech she gave in Lansing where she called on the Democratic Party to "f---ing retake the flag" and stop being "weak and woke." Though that report got attention, Slotkin clarified to the New York Times that the words "weak" and "woke" were not from her but from focus groups describing the Democratic Party. "Just to correct the record, the 'weak' and 'woke' were the two words when there were focus groups done in Michigan in February. The two most common words to describe the Democratic Party in Michigan were 'weak' and 'woke.' So just to be accurate, that wasn't me who said those two words. It was me repeating what the perception is of the party," Slotkin article source: Rising Michigan Democrat says she was 'going to punch someone' over party's 'annoying' economic gaslighting
New York Times
15-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Two Opinion Columnists on Trump's Era of International Bullying
With President Trump meeting with heads of state in the Middle East this week, the Times Opinion senior international editor Krista Mahr sat down with the columnists Lydia Polgreen and Nick Kristof to talk about how the president is emboldening leaders of all kinds worldwide, and what relationships they're most worried about. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Krista Mahr: My name is Krista Mahr. I'm the senior international editor at Times Opinion. One of the things my colleagues and I have been watching closely in the first four months of Trump's second term is how world leaders are reacting to this new administration. I wanted to talk about this so-called Trump effect with Lydia Polgreen and Nick Kristof, columnists who have reported extensively on America's relationship with the rest of the world. Lydia, Nick, welcome. Lydia Polgreen: Hi, Nick. Hi, Krista. Nicholas Kristof: Good to be with you. Mahr: So, from my perspective, it looks like there are a few different types of leadership that have emerged in response to Trump 2.0. There are the emboldened leaders like Vladimir Putin who are using Trump's foreign policy to advance their own agendas. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Four Legal Immigrants Offer a Warning for America
The Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is leading to unexpected scrutiny for those who came to the United States through legal channels. As a result, many green card and long-term visa holders are questioning their place in a country that once welcomed them. In this episode of 'The Opinions,' the producer Vishakha Darbha interviews four documented immigrants about their concerns for the future. 'What they told me felt like a warning,' Darbha says. 'This country doesn't feel like a place to come to anymore, which might just change the very idea that America has of itself.' (A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)
New York Times
05-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Gail Collins and Bret Stephens: A Last Conversation
The Conversation has been a staple of The Times's Opinion pages since 2017. But after eight years, the weekly dialogue between the liberal columnist Gail Collins and her conservative colleague Bret Stephens has come to an end. The editor Aaron Retica joins Gail and Bret to answer reader questions and discuss how they've managed years of civil conversations — for the first and last time in audio. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Aaron Retica: I'm Aaron Retica, an editor at large in the Opinion section of The New York Times. In this job I work a lot with a number of our columnists and one of the great joys, really delights, of my life here is that I get to work on something we called The Conversation, which is a weekly dialogue between two of our columnists — Gail Collins, who is standing in for liberal America, and Bret Stephens, who is standing in for conservative America. It has appeared every Monday morning and is a crucial part of the agenda-setting and thought world of the Opinion section. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
New York Times
01-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
‘Donald Trump Will Not Be President Four Years Hence'
In a live event recorded at the Brooklyn Public Library on Tuesday, Opinion's deputy editor, Patrick Healy, was joined by the columnists Michelle Goldberg, M. Gessen and Bret Stephens to discuss how President Trump's second term has reshaped America in just 100 days. Below is a transcript of an episode of 'The Opinions.' We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. The transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Patrick Healy: I want to start with a premise and a provocation to kick off our conversation. My premise is this: American voters knew last year exactly what Donald Trump was capable of as president, that Trump pretty much told us what he would do if re-elected. It prompted an editorial project by my Times Opinion colleagues called 'Believe Him,' and that Trump won a free and fair election last November. So my provocation is this: America is getting the disruptive, destructive strongman presidency that millions of our fellow citizens wanted, and that Trump used these first 100 days to deliver on a mandate from November's plurality of voters. In other words, this is a presidency that more Americans voted for than voted against. And Michelle, I'm going to go to you first because you are a Brooklyn-based columnist in the house. Michelle, have the last three months been a president putting a mandate to work? Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
