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

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.”

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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.”

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

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

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

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.” 

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