Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin was elected to the Senate in 2024. She will give the response President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.

The Democratic rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress came from Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a first-term senator from Michigan.

Newly elected Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan delivered her political party’s response to President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Slotkin, 48, is the youngest Democratic woman elected to the U.

First-term Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan accused President Donald Trump of driving up costs while pushing a giveaway to his billionaire friends.

Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, will deliver the rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union-style speech on Tuesday night. Slotkin served in the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025 and served three tours in Iraq as a Central Intelligence Agency analyst.

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who delivered the Democratic response to President Trump’s joint address, says Democrats are still “finding our footing” as the party in opposition.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) argued that since the election, President Trump has had Democrats “on their heels.” Slotkin joined NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, where she was asked by host Kristen Welker about if the Democratic Party has a leader to help navigate the Trump administration.

One Democratic lawmaker is admitting that Democrats are still "finding our footing" as they seek to establish a plan for the future of the party.