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Senator Elissa Slotkin, representing Michigan's 7th district in the U.S. Congress since 2019, has voiced her concerns on social media regarding the use of military forces within the United States. Slotkin, who was born in New York City and now resides in Lansing, shared her thoughts through a series of tweets on June 8, 2025.

In her first tweet, Slotkin criticized the deployment of the National Guard, describing it as a "dangerous step towards misuse of the U.S. military in our streets." She expressed concern that the current administration is seeking reasons to invoke the Insurrection Act to use military force against American citizens. According to Slotkin, "That’s their playbook," and she urged vigilance over these developments. "This deployment of the National Guard is a dangerous step towards misuse of the U.S. military in our streets."

Continuing her commentary, Slotkin recalled events from President Trump's first term when he reportedly asked for active duty troops to be deployed to Washington D.C. to suppress peaceful protests. She noted that during this time, helicopters were flown low over protestors by the National Guard as an intimidation tactic. "During President Trump's first term, he asked the Pentagon to deploy active duty 82nd Airborne troops to DC..."

In her final tweet on this matter, Slotkin emphasized that no president should utilize uniformed military forces in ways that breach constitutional limits or compromise their apolitical nature. She stressed that regardless of political affiliation or support for a president, everyone should be alarmed at any actions crossing major lines concerning military force usage within domestic borders. "No President has the right to use the uniformed military in a way that violates the Constitution..."

Elissa Slotkin graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998.