Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., supposedly is a "moderate" in her party, but her comments at the University of Chicago last week show her to be what so many leftists laughably have accused President Trump of being: a fascist.
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leftists → show → Trump
Slotkin wants Trump officials prosecuted in the hopes of chilling others from working in the administration, especially young people.
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officials → want → people
This is unconstitutional and un-American, and Slotkin should face investigations by the Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee for her treacherous statements.
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Slotkin → face → statements
Leftist lawfare began shortly after President Trump’s descent down the Trump Tower escalator that historic summer day in 2015.
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lawfare → begin → 2015
We went through years of Russia collusion charges, led by the witch hunt of special counsel Robert Mueller and his henchmen.
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We → go → Mueller
Then, after an unsuccessful impeachment of Trump, leftists pursued him and his supporters after his departure from office in January 2021.
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leftists → pursue → January
Nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters spent years in a filthy D.C. jail.
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protesters → spend → jail
Other Trump supporters were debanked.
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supporters → debanke → ?
The government viewed records of hundreds of thousands of Americans simply due to their support for Trump.
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government → view → Trump
The once and future president endured a raid at his Mar-a-Lago estate, followed by four indictments brought by prosecutors in New York, Atlanta, and the federal government.
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president → endure → York
Special counsel Jack Smith, the leader of the federal witch hunt, brought indictments in D.C. and the Southern District of Florida.
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Smith → bring → Florida
Trump also incurred a judgment of nearly half a billion dollars in another witch hunt brought by New York Attorney General Leticia James.
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Trump → incur → James
An appellate court later threw out that absurd award of damages.
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court → throw → damages
Now, Slotkin wants to put the country through the same nightmare again if her deranged party assumes power.
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party → want → power
Thanks to excellent reporting by Michael Bicksel of the Chicago Thinker, we know about Slotkin’s plan that she revealed to University of Chicago students.
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she → know → students
Slotkin understands that presidential immunity insulates Trump from prosecution, so she wishes to pursue "signature cases" involving individuals whose actions on projects are "super egregious."
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actions → understand → projects
Slotkin is referring to people in the Trump administration and their work to implement his agenda.
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Slotkin → refer → agenda
"They have no immunity the way the president does," Slotkin said.
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Slotkin → have → immunity
One example of a Slotkin target is those who participated in the construction of the new ballroom that replaced the delapidated East Wing.
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that → participate → Wing
Slotkin wants people to be prosecuted and potentially jailed because she does not like that the White House will have a new ballroom that may not even be finished by the time he leaves the White House.
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he → want → House
Slotkin was just getting warmed up in revealing her deranged desires.
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Slotkin → warm → desires
She wants these prosecutions to chill conservative young people who have graduated school and who wish to work in the Trump administration.
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who → want → administration
"Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want," Slotkin stated, explaining what she wants young conservatives to think and fear.
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conservatives → buy → that
She left no doubt about her goal by adding, "I want that deterrence message sent.
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message → leave → goal
Slotkin’s example of a desired persecution—for the ballroom construction—illustrates how demented her view is.
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view → desire → construction
Constructing a ballroom is not a crime.
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Constructing → construct → ballroom
A busybody sued to block it, but the Supreme Court put a stop to her ridiculous claim.
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Does Slotkin want the Supreme Court justices who ruled against the suit prosecuted, too?
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who → want → suit
How about their young clerks who surely assisted with research on the case?
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who → assist → case
Is that part of Slotkin’s "deterrence message" designed to discourage young conservatives from working for Supreme Court justices whom this disgrace of a senator considers to be enablers of the Trump agenda?
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disgrace → design → agenda
The Senate Ethics Committee should open an investigation into Slotkin immediately.
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Committee → open → Slotkin
Her comments defile the Constitution and the Senate.
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comments → defile → Constitution
Put every senator on the record as to whether they support Slotkin’s horrific goal.
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they → put → goal
The Justice Department also should investigate Slotkin for conspiracy against rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) and violation of rights under color of law (18 U.S.C. § 242).
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Department → investigate → law
Let’s find out if Slotkin has done more than fantasize to college students about prosecuting her political opponents and chilling others from entering politics if they happen to be of a different political persuasion than Slotkin.
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they → let → Slotkin
Her comments at a college campus do not enjoy protection under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause any more than if Slotkin had made a threat of violence against Trump.
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Slotkin → enjoy → Trump
That essential constitutional provision does not provide members of Congress with carte blanche to say whatever they wish whenever they wish.
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they → provide → whatever
Indeed, in Hutchinson v. Proxmire (1979), the Supreme Court permitted a defamation suit to proceed against a senator over Speech and Debate Clause objections for allegedly defamatory comments that appeared in the senator’s newsletter.
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that → permit → newsletter
Slotkin is not the only lunatic leftist who has been spouting off about locking up political opponents.
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who → spout → opponents
Last week, Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon, the Bernie Sanders-backed candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, refuted a charge by Sen. Ashley Moody, her Republican opponent, that Nixon wanted to abolish prisons.
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Nixon → back → prisons
…and 12 more, not listed.
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