Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a rising moderate voice on Capitol Hill, laid out an “economic war plan” on Thursday for Democrats — a “new vision for the Democratic Party,” as she called it.
The address came just days after democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani sent shockwaves through the political world with his win over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, launching a heated discussion over the future direction of the party.
Slotkin called the timing a “coincidence” to kick off her speech at the Democratic think tank Center for American Progress, but added that both the New York City election and President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities only served to “clarify why I feel the need to do this speech in the first place.”