{"id":2293610,"date":"2024-07-12T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slotkin-to-snub-biden-detroit-visit-amid-heated-senate-race-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T15:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T19:22:38","slug":"slotkin-to-snub-biden-detroit-visit-amid-heated-senate-race-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slotkin-to-snub-biden-detroit-visit-amid-heated-senate-race-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Slotkin to snub Biden Detroit visit amid heated Senate race &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fslotkin-to-snub-biden-detroit-visit-amid-heated-senate-race-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a>\u2064 how Michigan Senate hopeful Rep. \u2064Elissa\u200c Slotkin has chosen not to attend \u2063President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-double-standard-on-greenes-committee-removals-point-to-omar-remarks\/\" title=\"Republicans Call Double Standard on Greene\u2019s Committee Removals, Point to Omar Remarks\">campaign stop<\/a> in Detroit amidst a heated Senate race. Slotkin&#8217;s absence, along with other Democrats&#8217; doubts about Biden&#8217;s ability to \u200cdefeat former President Donald Trump, signals growing \u200dconcern within\u2064 the party. \u200dThe article highlights Slotkin&#8217;s decision\u200d to\u2062 distance herself from Biden due to concerns \u200cabout his \u2063performance in Michigan, where \u200cshe is the presumed Democratic nominee for the Senate race. The article also mentions how the GOP&#8217;s outlook \u200bhas\u200c improved, prompting criticism from the Senate Republicans&#8217; campaign arm.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrat Elissa Slotkin to snub Biden Detroit visit amid heated Senate race<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rtouchberry\/\">Ramsey Touchberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T14:42:45-04:00\">July 12, 2024 2:42 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1700359\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Michigan Senate hopeful Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3076882\/slotkin-says-biden-trails-trump-michigan-polling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elissa Slotkin\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> (D-MI) is among the few high-profile Democrats in the Great Lakes State who will not attend President Joe Biden\u2019s Friday evening campaign stop in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Her absence comes a day after the battleground Senate race was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3079029\/michigan-senate-race-shifts-toss-up-elissa-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tilted in the GOP\u2019s favor\">tilted in the GOP\u2019s favor<\/a> and amid doubts from her and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3077853\/michigan-democrat-hillary-scholten-calls-biden-step-aside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tilted in the GOP\u2019s favor\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-reasons-making-taxpayers-pay-off-student-loans-is-a-rotten-idea\/\" title=\"5 Reasons Making Taxpayers Pay Off Student Loans Is A Rotten Idea\">growing number<\/a><\/a> of other Democrats about whether Biden can defeat former President Donald Trump following the first presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden campaign attendee list omits Slotkin but includes several other state Democrats and left-leaning groups, including Reps. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (D-MI), Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Detroit Mayor Michael Duggan, and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Her House district borders the Detroit suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>The office of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), whose district includes the Detroit suburbs, did not respond to whether she<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-ryan-says-hell-attend-rnc-only-if-somebody-not-named-trump-is-the-nominee\/\" title=\"Paul Ryan Says He\u2019ll Attend RNC Only If \u2018Somebody Not Named Trump\u2019 Is The Nominee\">\u2019ll attend<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The two absences would represent snubs from both wings of the party: a more centrist, vulnerable member and a leader of the progressive movement to cast \u201cuncommitted\u201d primary votes against Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin\u2019s decision to not appear with the president comes in the wake of her privately telling donors that Biden trails Trump in Michigan and expressing similar concerns in public. However, she has stopped short of calling on Biden to bow out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cook Political Report, <\/em>an election forecaster, on Thursday moved the open Senate seat from \u201clean Democrat\u201d to \u201ctoss up\u201d due to Biden\u2019s drag on downballot candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin, the presumed Democratic nominee, is expected to face former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) in the general election to replace retiring longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). The seat is one of more than a half-dozen competitive Senate races that Democrats must retain to have a shot at keeping their majority in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm sought to capitalize on the string of recent events that have bolstered the GOP\u2019s outlook.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cElissa Slotkin said it herself: Joe Biden can\u2019t win Michigan,\u201d National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Maggie Abboud said. \u201cShe is going to have a hard time untangling herself from Biden since she votes with him 100% of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other battleground-state Democrats have also shied away from recent Biden appearances, including Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who declined to show up at a Biden rally last week in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin received flak from her left flank this week from Democratic opponent Hill Harper for not participating in primary debates for the race. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that\u2019s disrespectful,\u201d Harper told attendees of a candidate forum on Tuesday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to a portion of the event seen by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s disrespectful to democracy, and it hurts the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Slotkin was not present due to being in Washington, D.C., for House votes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-rep-murphy-decides-not-to-challenge-rubio-for-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Florida Rep. Murphy Decides Not to Challenge Rubio For Senate Seat\">winning tough races<\/a>,\u201d a Slotkin campaign staffer said at the forum. \u201cWe have agendas and plans. \u2026 She will be here a couple times in the next couple weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Cami Mondeaux contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1700359\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1700359\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic candidate Elissa Slotkin will not be attending President Biden&#8217;s campaign stop in Detroit, as she has doubts about his ability to defeat former President Trump. Slotkin&#8217;s absence is notable as she is a high-profile Democrat in Michigan, and her decision not to appear with Biden comes after expressing concerns about his performance in Michigan. The Cook Political Report has shifted the Senate race in Michigan to a toss-up due to Biden&#8217;s impact on downballot candidates, which could affect Slotkin&#8217;s chances in the upcoming election against Republican Mike Rogers. Other Democrats in battleground states, like Senator Tammy Baldwin, have also avoided recent Biden events. Slotkin has faced criticism from her opponent for not participating in primary debates, but her campaign maintains that she has a record of winning tough races and will be present in the coming weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2293611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slotkin-snub-biden-event.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,5897,19817],"class_list":["post-2293610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-detroit","tag-slotkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/slotkin-snub-biden-event.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}