Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she wants the threat of prosecution to serve as a "deterrence message" that scares young people away from taking jobs in the Trump administration. The Michigan Democrat made the remarks at a University of Chicago event, saying she wants prospective hires to think, "Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don't want, and so let me avoid participating in that." The comments drew sharp backlash from legal scholars and conservative students alike, with law professor Jonathan Turley saying Slotkin "said the quiet part out loud." Full story here foxnews.com/politics/slotkin…

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"You’re hiding MAGA Republicans behind there, aren’t you?"
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She’s a legit fascist.
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Between this and the sedition comments, she needs to be censured and removed from Congress.
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She is 'former' CIA - we should all keep that in mind. As a sitting Democrat Senator, she is absolutely a disgrace and a dishonor to the position that she holds. She should lose her seat because of sedition.
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Democrats are the real Fascists, Racists and Nazis! They are America's Domestic Terrorists.
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You want to talk about a dictator? That’s what she just did!
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The communists within our government and society are revealing themselves. Take note and pay attention. Vote for republicans, at every level, or, we lose the Republic. The Democrat party is long gone. It is now the communist party.
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Makes sense ! She worked for Obama who likes to dictate to Young Black Men what they should do .
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Going full terrorist, is a dangerous move on Slotkin's part.
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You best listen to what these Fascists say...because they mean it....
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Not true, you guys are spreading fake news again.
Did Seantor @ElissaSlotkin say people should be prosecuted just for working for the Trump administration? As with the Talarico in a mental hospital story, something going viral on right-wing twitter is based on lies. This happens again and again. She's talking about prosecuting people for the unprecedented corruption that this administration has engaged in. Of course that's what she was talking about. This administration is so corrupt and so lawless that there aren't enough prosecutorial resources in the world to pursue every case. They'll get away with almost everything. Slotkin is talking about bringing justice to at least a few of the criminals. Here's what Slotkin said shortly before the selectively edited clip. "Number two, we do have to have accountability for the unbelievable corruption that we are living under right now. But you can’t just make that your whole personality, right? So you have to pick signature cases and you have to go after people and projects that are just super egregious. So everyone knows the East Wing of the White House, right? And people feel that in a way that’s different from a nameless contract at the Pentagon or whatever. So, you need to pick those signature cases and go hard on accountability, not just Trump, right? Because of course there will be moments of like, let’s go after Trump himself as someone who voted to impeach him twice. Like, he’s still there, right? But the people around Donald Trump who are doing his bidding and enabling this have no such immunity. They have no immunity the way the president does. And to me, he couldn’t do any of this stuff without all those people saluting and and supporting it. So you go after the people who do did his bidding." It's amazing to me these people still have a victim complex. Trump barely pretends to care about the law. He fires prosecutors until they bring him the cases he wants. Trump supporters simply refuse to accept the truth about what this administration is. So of course, they need to constantly lie.
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Elisa Slut-thing should be censured and removed from the USA Senate.
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That sounds like intimidation and oppression.
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Follow the money.
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trump is a felon .. good to warn young people .. plus he's a pussy grabber
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It looks like the CIA is loaded with this sort of hardcore left winger.
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Legacy media: “Republicans Pounce On Senator Sloktin’s Remarks.” @goppounce #RepublicansPounce
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CIA scum--like Slotkin--will be CIA scum. They lack the mental and moral wherewithal to be anything better.
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This is why everyone must get out and vote early and vote red down ballot and bring 10 other common sense voters with you to the polls.
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What a filthy and disgusting thing to say. Political persecution is a thing of the Soviet era. Democrats really are filthy swine. Everyone of their leaders is a liar. Voting Democrats have a responsibility to know who they are voting for. When they don't or when they support scumbags who are out to damage the livelihoods of others, these people are better suited to a life in prison. I try everyday not to show hatred toward Democrats, but then they go and do something that reinforces the hatred I had for them the day before. If you support Democrats, then you, BY DEFINITION, are not a good person. There is no excuse for ignorance when you vote. Know who you are voting for. Don't vote for filthy bast@rd swine. Don't you dare say that you didn't know they would persecute people. Voters have a responsibility to know who they are voting for. If you support Slotkin, then I must assume you know what she supports.
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@SenatorSlotkin is a domestic terorrist. Let her get due process.
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I pray for her and her family. Violence, assassinations, and doxing of her family are not ok. She may use these methods, but political opponents need to shy away from attacking her with violence.
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No ethics violation? I'm sure parents would love to chat with her about how she wants to influence their children's life choices in a banana republic kind of way. Is that the US Congress or a schoolyard with unruly children and a substitute teacher?
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I’d love to see a Republican say they would like to prosecute anyone considering going into politics as a democrat just to troll the media
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That is a HATE FILLED person. And should NOT be in our Government
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It was kind of a stupid comment she made but is this really any different than what the administration does to the other side the demonization plus this woman’s been targeted by the DOJ I would say it’s gonna get pretty ugly
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Yet, they call us fascist 🤷🏻
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I sincerely do not understand why this woman still has her freedom, let alone her job. What it look like from your lair, @ElissaSlotkin ? Has the certainty of your absolutely inevitable and potentially gruesome downfall set in? Have you tried to imagine some escape?
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They are the fascists...not us. Plan accordingly.
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