Overview

• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced that Sen. Elissa Slotkin will give the Democratic response to President Trump's joint address to Congress next Tuesday.
• Slotkin, a freshman senator from Michigan, won her seat in a closely contested 2024 election in a state Trump carried by 1.4 percentage points.
• Known for her national security expertise and bipartisan approach, Slotkin previously served as a CIA analyst and held roles in the Bush and Obama administrations.
• Democratic leaders emphasized Slotkin's focus on lowering costs for American families and protecting programs like Social Security and Medicaid, contrasting it with Republican policies they say favor the wealthy.
• Slotkin stated she aims to address both economic and national security challenges and present a vision for improving Americans' lives in her upcoming remarks.