Conservative Americans have long been accustomed to the mockery and ad hominem attacks of prominent Democrats.
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decisive Election Day victory, however, such insults seemed to become more frequent and malicious.
For her part, U.S. Sen Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has cultivated an image as a moderate Democrat, but that did not stop her from making recent comments about Trump voters that many interpreted as a slight to their intelligence.
As Fox News reported:
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin was ripped by conservatives on social media on Tuesday after an interview where she likened President Donald Trump’s election to the “angry teenage years” of the United States where voter brains are 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 on ABC’s “The View.” “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?”
“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,” Slotkin said before being cut off by Joy Behar.
Here’s a sampling of the backlash that ensued on social media:
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
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
Some critics pointed out that leftists seem to have a different opinion of teen brain development when they advocate for life-altering surgeries on minors who believe they are transgender:
Interesting to compare this to their arguments on transitioning teenagers. https://t.co/IjoOYR35J0
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 11, 2025
The Hill also reported on Slatkin’s recent remarks on “The View”:
The exchange came during a discussion about Rep. Al Green’s (D-Texas) disruption during Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress. The moment led to the congressman getting censured and divided many Democrats over whether his actions were appropriate.
Some have argued Green crossed the line and made Trump look even more presidential by engaging in what they describe as petty behavior. Others say that Green was right to call attention to the GOP spending cuts that nonpartisan estimates say will necessitate cuts to entitlement programs — even as the president pledges not to touch those benefits.
Slotkin was asked if she thinks the state of the country amounts to a “five-alarm fire,” as former Biden administration White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said recently.
“I think what the President is doing to our economy — you all just talked about it this morning — I mean, like, sorry, people may not know the federal budget. They know their own home budget, and they know exactly how much they’re spending,” Slotkin said in response.
“So I think whether it’s the economy, whether it’s our national security, right — cutting people who keep us safe, and then handing over places like Ukraine to a guy like Putin — or our democracy, right — threats to who we are as a democracy — I think that we are absolutely in extraordinary times and it requires an extraordinary response,” she added.
And here’s a full clip of the segment:
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