Who?
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
LISTEN: Laslo & Slotkin
Ask a Pol asks:
Do you think Elon Musk starting a new, third “America Party” is gonna mean anything?
Key Slotkin:
“I don’t know yet,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Like, he certainly has the money, but he also has to have people who decide that they’re with him.”
Caught our ear:
“I enjoy a catfight between two powerful men,” Slotkin tells us. “But until I see who joins him I can’t say that this is a real thing.”
ICYMI — Republicans like Senator Mullin beg to differ…
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (7-10-2025)
SCENE: Before Congress left town for its annual August recess, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo caught Sen. Elissa Slotkin in the Capitol’s basement before her and an aide entered a Senators Only elevator during a Senate vote.
Matt Laslo: “Happy birthday, right?”
Elissa Slotkin: “Yeah. ‘Preciate it.”
ICYMI — Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo used this interview in a feature for one of his wire service, The LCB, clients
ML: “Do you think Elon Musk starting this third party is gonna mean anything?”
ES: “I don’t know yet.”
ML: “Yeah?”
ES: “Like, he certainly has the money.”
ML: “Right?”
Digitized tram bells ding.
Tram announcement: “The doors are closing.”
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ES: “But he also has to have people who decide that they’re with him.”
ML: “He’s got no base.”
ES: “So…”
ML: “Yeah.”
ES: “...until I see that, it’s interesting.”
Tram: The doors are closing.
ES: “I enjoy a catfight between two powerful men, but until I see who joins him…”
The senator hops on the tram to her office across the street.
ML: “I know right? I’ll be watching.”
Laslo records the senator from outside the tram, even as he’s rushing to wrap the conversation up before the tram’s heavy and unforgiving robotic doors slam shut.
ES: “...I can’t say that this is a real thing.”
ML: “Yeah. Thank you ma’am.”
Logan Johnson contributed to this report.
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