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Dem Senator Suggests America Is in ‘Angry Teenage Years’ — Sparks Backlash

by Sandra Rhodes
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 pm
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Dem Senator Suggests America Is in ‘Angry Teenage Years’ — Sparks Backlash

US Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress on March 4, 2025, in Wyandotte, Michighan. (Photo by Paul Sancya / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PAUL SANCYA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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America may technically be 248 years old, according to one Democratic senator, the U.S. is in its “angry teenage years” following the election of President Donald Trump.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday that voters’ brains are apparently still being formed.

“Representing a state here, people voted for Trump and voted for me, I have a responsibility to represent my entire state,” Slotkin said. “But I don’t think there’s anyone who feels like what’s going on right now is normal. Even if you voted for Trump, right?”

She added: “I think there is a feeling in the country, and I often say this, you know, we’re about to turn 250 years old, right? We’re still pretty young for a country. These are, like, our angry teenage years. We are going through this push and pull where we’re happy, we’re sad. We want this, we want that, and what do you do when you have a teenager threatening themselves and others? You just try to get them through this period alive so that their brain can fully form and you can come back to kind of what.”

Co-host Joy Behar jumped in.

“Are you talking about Trump?” Behar asked.

“No, I’m talking about our country,” Slotkin said. “We’re a pendulum swinging. We are a pendulum swinging. I don’t think there is an American that thinks this is normal.”

Watch the video below:

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says that Americans elected President Trump because they are going through their “angry teenage years” and their brains haven’t fully formed yet.
pic.twitter.com/3c96PoDbLU

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 11, 2025

Many conservatives did not take kindly to Slotkin’s words.

“Ah yes, we’ve reached the point post-election loss where Democrats just revert to calling Americans stupid for voting against them,” Abigail Jackson, communications director for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote. “Not a single ounce of self-awareness to be found.”

Ah yes, we've reached the point post-election loss where Democrats just revert to calling Americans stupid for voting against them. Not a single ounce of self-awareness to be found. https://t.co/kYJcnd8myx

— Abigail Jackson 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) March 11, 2025

“Slotkin says this while literally sounding like a teenager…” Fox News contributor Joe Concha posted on X.

Slotkin says this while literally sounding like a teenager… https://t.co/GVVo8bVfiA

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) March 11, 2025

“This is supposedly their smart, reasonable messenger?” Fox News contributor Guy Benson wrote.

This is supposedly their smart, reasonable messenger? https://t.co/JUxPvZ41fm

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 11, 2025

“This is monumentally insulting to the millions of Americans that voted for a change last November,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) wrote.

This is monumentally insulting to the millions of Americans that voted for a change last November https://t.co/sKOrpjvagZ

— Derrick Van Orden (@derrickvanorden) March 11, 2025

Slotkin was elected to the Senate in November even though Trump carried the state.

In an interview on “Meet the Press,” Slotkin said the Democratic Party has been “on their heels” since Trump was elected. 

“I don’t think that’s something hidden,” she said of the Democratic Party’s loss of confidence following Trump’s victory. “I think it’s on us to be clear about not only leadership – and there’s lots of leaders in both parties – but also a strategy. I think that’s something that, as Trump has been successful in flooding the zone and, like every day, 15 things happening, we are still finding our footing, and I think you can’t get better until you admit you have a problem.” 

Check out more reactions below:

Sen. Elissa Slotkin professes complete Damnocrtatic ignorance. Thank you to everyone on the view for exposing her ignorance and duplicity.

— David Bauer (@BauerDavid18931) March 12, 2025

How can you make policy about the economy if you have never worked in the private sector and don’t understand basic economics, @SenatorSlotkin?

Sociology 🤣

————

Elissa Slotkin’s private sector experience in for-profit enterprises is limited to a single undertaking:

-… https://t.co/iUhnrUB2Dr

— 🎶 John Smith 🇺🇸 🦅 🐍 🚀 🎵 (@JohnSmi17828195) March 12, 2025

WATCH: Elissa Slotkin Suggests Americans Elected Trump Because Their Brains Haven’t Fully Formed https://t.co/Kprymvh2Bv

— Pog (@OSINT220) March 12, 2025

We have to flip that seat in Michigan. It has been held way too long by Gary Peters and we don’t need another Elissa Slotkin elected

— Jonathan🇺🇸✝️ (@jonnygroves) March 12, 2025

Senator Elissa Slotkin forfeited any credibility when she appeared on The View. That was a signal that she is not ready for Prime Time in Politics.

— Geno Taliano (@GRTaliano) March 12, 2025

While Michigan faces crumbling infrastructure, rising crime, and a struggling economy, Elissa Slotkin is on national TV lecturing us about ‘angry teenage years’ and pushing woke books on kids.

Every citizen deserves respect and protection under the law, but pandering to a tiny %…

— GBS Media (@GBSMediapro) March 12, 2025
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Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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