Who is Elissa Slotkin, the Democrat who responded to the speech?

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  Who is Elissa Slotkin, the senator giving the Democratic response to Trump?

  Elissa Slotkin, who will deliver the Democrats' response to Trump's address to Congress, is a former CIA agent who served three tours in Iraq before running for Congress.
  
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  Senator Elissa Slotkin Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s Speech

  The Michigan Democrat, a first-term senator, is expected to lay out the economic and national security stakes of President Trump’s agenda.
  
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• Watch: Sen. Elissa Slotkin refutes Trump's speech to Congress in Democratic rebuttal

  Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan gave the Democratic rebuttal to President Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. She explained how to "protect the middle class," and also ...
  
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• Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump speech

  Sen. Elissa Slotkin was elected by a narrow margin in November to represent Michigan after serving several terms in the House.
  
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  Full: Sen. Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump's address

  Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's joint address to Congress. Slotkin criticized the administration, including several of Trump's policies, Elon ...
  
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  Slotkin slams Trump in post-speech Democratic response

  Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D) slammed the start of President Trump’s second term in office in the Democratic response to his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. In a roughly ...
  
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  Ronald Reagan is 'rolling in his grave,' Sen. Elissa Slotkin says in Democratic response to Trump

  Sen. Elissa Slotkin lit into Trump in the Democratic response to his speech, suggesting that Ronald Reagan would be appalled by his approach to Russia.
  
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• Read full transcript of Slotkin Democratic response to Trump speech to Congress

  Read the full text of Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin's prepared remarks for her 2025 Democratic response to Trump's speech to Congress, as released.
  
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