Republican candidate for Michigan’s Seventh Congressional District state Sen. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte), who is running against Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in the midterm elections, slammed the congresswoman for voting with Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) one hundred percent of the time.
When asked by Punchbowl News if President Joe Biden’s unpopularity impacts her reelection project, Slotkin pointed out that midterm elections are likewise bad for the party not in the White Home and acknowledged Biden’s low approval rankings.
“You have to develop yourself as something different from what individuals see on television, and that’s difficult. However that’s our task,” the Democrat congresswoman stated, stressing that she has “always needed to different [herself] from the party [and] from celebration management.”
However, Slotkin was rapidly called out by Barrett for regularly voting with Pelosi.
“Slotkin’s gaslighting of mid-MI citizens is really something. She claims to separate from Nancy Pelosi, yet votes with her 100% of the time. Do not take my word for it, see her record,” Barrett tweeted and included the link to ProPublica, which keeps track of congressional citizens.
.@ElissaSlotkin‘s gaslighting of mid-MI voters is really something. She claims to separate from Nancy Pelosi, yet votes with her 100% of the time. Do not take my word for it, see her record: https://t.co/W6DOcQwPpJ pic.twitter.com/j9aPF4IUHq
— Tom Barrett (@barrettbrigade1) February 23, 2022
According to an analysis of ProPublica’s data, Slotkin has voted with Pelosi, who is currently the highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, 100 percent of the time.
“Nancy Pelosi and Elissa Slotkin are from the very same celebration and have actually settled on 100 percent of votes in the 117th Congress,” ProPublica mentioned. “They have disagreed on 0 votes out of 66 votes in the 117th Congress.”
Furthermore, while she claims to “separate” herself from her party’s leadership, an analysis of data avoided FiveThirtyEight revealed that Sloktin likewise votes one hundred percent of the time with costs supported by Biden.
Barrett, during an interview with Breitbart News Saturdaylast year, if he is elected to Congress, he would stand up against Biden’s partisan agenda.
“Elissa Slotkin is not a moderate. She’s been in lockstep with Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden this entire term, and we’re gon na call her out on that. It’s simply not all right,” the Republican politician said at the time, “I’m a conservative. I never pretend to paint myself as a moderate.”
Jacob Happiness is a press reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter.