{"id":2688036,"date":"2026-10-19T21:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-calls-slotkin-lowlife-for-plan-to-terrorize-deter-future-conservatives-with-the-threat-of-legal-punishment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T21:44:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:44:02","slug":"watch-trump-calls-slotkin-lowlife-for-plan-to-terrorize-deter-future-conservatives-with-the-threat-of-legal-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trump-calls-slotkin-lowlife-for-plan-to-terrorize-deter-future-conservatives-with-the-threat-of-legal-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Trump Calls Slotkin &#8216;Lowlife&#8217; for Plan to Terrorize, Deter Future Conservatives With the Threat of Legal Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fwatch-trump-calls-slotkin-lowlife-for-plan-to-terrorize-deter-future-conservatives-with-the-threat-of-legal-punishment%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=2688036&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 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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump called Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan a \u201clowlife\u201d on Monday in response to her support for using the threat of government prosecution to deter young Americans from working for Republican administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a University of Chicago event on Oct. 13, the former Obama administration CIA official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-totalitarian-dem-slotkin-wants-trump-prosecution-teach-gop-kids-happens-resist-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u201cI want young people coming out of school to say, \u2018Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun. I might get an opportunity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want them to be like, Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don\u2019t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,\u201d she continued. \u201cI want that deterrence message sent.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ON UCHICAGO CAMPUS: U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics.<\/p>\n<p>@ElissaSlotkin https:\/\/t.co\/p7NBJpDcQW<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThinkerChicago\/status\/2111560599167795418?\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to Slotkin\u2019s comments on Monday at the White House, telling a reporter, \u201cThat\u2019s a hell of a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics. That\u2019s a Democrat, and that\u2019s what they do. That\u2019s all they\u2019re good at \u2014 and you know what? That\u2019s why they\u2019re getting their a**es kicked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2112270558230376722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elaborated<\/a>, \u201cThey\u2019ve weaponized government. Slotkin is a low-life who is ruining her state, just destroying her state. What they\u2019re doing is really discouraging people from going into politics. They weaponized government, the Democrats \u2014 that\u2019s what they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.@POTUS: \u201cThat\u2019s a hell of a statement. Slotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics. That\u2019s a Democrat and that\u2019s what they do. That\u2019s all they\u2019re good at \u2014 and you know what? That\u2019s why they\u2019re getting their asses kicked.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/oX6fAubz0P<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2112271587143565557?\">October 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the 2024 election cycle, prosecutors from Democrat-led governments charged Trump with a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6301112\/trump-criminal-cases-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">91 crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith brought 40 counts for alleged mishandling of classified documents in Florida federal court and four for alleged 2020 election interference in federal court in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought 34 counts in state court for alleged falsifying of business records, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought 13 criminal counts related to election interference.<\/p>\n<p>The federal cases went away after the election, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-georgia-prosecutor-abandon-election-interference-case-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulton County charges<\/a>. Bragg did secure a conviction in a New York City court, but the case is under appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Further, New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-letitia-james-goes-silent-10-seconds-asked-simple-debate-question-opponent-drives-home-dagger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> a 2024 nonjury civil trial against Trump. New York Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Trump and other defendants misrepresented the worth of the Trump Organization properties and imposed $450 million in fines.<\/p>\n<p>However, an appeals court later completely voided the financial judgment in a win for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden FBI carried out the <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/jan-6-insurrection-us-capitol-yields-biggest-federal-investigation-history\/11126614\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest criminal investigation<\/a> in the agency\u2019s history, which was directed at Trump supporters. It resulted in the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/heres-where-jan-6-trials-stand-on-the-fourth-anniversary-of-the-capitol-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charging over 1,500 people<\/a> with Jan. 6-related crimes, though most of the protesters had not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-cross-border-illegally-biden-doj-proclaims-thousands-jan-6-protesters-prosecuted-outside-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engaged in violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-last-minute-decision-responsible-mass-pardons-jan-6-prisoners-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pardoned<\/a>, or in a few cases <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commuted the sentences<\/a> to time served, those convicted of Jan. 6 crimes.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Trump\u2019s Monday comments about Slotkin, Daily Wire opinion editor Ben Domenech encouraged the president to issue a preemptive pardon to all his staff members before leaving office, as former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/autopen-scandal-explodes-flashback-peter-doocys-damning-analysis-signature-hunters-pardon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> did for members of his administration and his son Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Domenech argued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/to-stop-elissa-slotkins-revenge-president-trump-should-pardon-all-his-staffers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Wire<\/a> piece, \u201cSlotkin and her ilk have done enough to render our politics toxic, horrible, and full of vengeance. For too long, Republicans have been fighting them like they\u2019re just fellow civic-minded Americans whose complaints deserve a hearing. It\u2019s time we dealt with them like they deserve. Stop them in their tracks, and protect young Trump staffers from their vile and vengeful agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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