Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin was caught on undercover video detailing a sweeping plan for Democrats to launch targeted corruption cases across Congress if they retake the majority in the upcoming midterm elections.
The footage, obtained by Townhall and shared on X, was recorded Thursday at a Michigan campaign event where Slotkin appeared on behalf of congressional hopeful Sean McCann, according to Gateway Pundit. During a conversation with an undercover reporter who worried Democrats might be too nice, Slotkin was pressed on whether her party would aggressively pursue prosecutions against President Donald Trump and his allies.
Slotkin quickly reassured the questioner that she was with you and proceeded to outline a prearranged strategy for investigations that sounded less like neutral oversight and more like a partisan roadmap. We have a list of, like, the signature cases. So the things where its, like, so egregious, such a violation of law, such a corruption case and we will have, in every committee, there will be the signature cases where we hold people accountable.
She emphasized that these cases were being curated for maximum political impact, adding that they would be the issues that people identify with. Slotkin then singled out specific targets, including the White House ballroom project in the East Wing, the renovation of the reflecting pool on the National Mall, and $200 million in, you know, from the Defense Department as examples of what Democrats intend to pursue.
So thats what youll see basically in January, Slotkin declared, making clear that these investigations are timed to coincide with a potential Democrat takeover rather than emerging organically from evidence. The remarks underscore how Democrats increasingly treat congressional oversight as a political weapon, not a neutral constitutional duty.
In the same exchange, Slotkin boasted of a recent trip to Central Europe, drawing a controversial comparison between the United States and a country long criticized by the left. I just went to Hungary. I went over to Budapest because they just got rid of their authoritarian leader after 16 years. And Im like, how did you handle 16 years of corruption? We dont have that much, but we have so much.
Those comments mirror a September address at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where Slotkin invoked Hungarys political shift away from Viktor Orbn and escalated her rhetoric against President Trump. In that speech, she claimed he was on track to be the most successful corrupt leader in the worlds history, pointing to alleged family wealth gains and projects such as a golden ballroom as supposed evidence.
Slotkin, a former CIA officer now in her first Senate term, has made a habit of branding administration initiatives and spending priorities as corruption, a label that conveniently aligns with Democrat talking points. Earlier this year, she joined other Democrat lawmakers in a video instructing service members about their duty to refuse illegal orders, a move that prompted a Trump Justice Department inquiry that ultimately produced no charges but highlighted the increasingly partisan posture of elected officials toward the military.
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