"They're now using a well-worn playbook that employs physical intimidation and legal intimidation to get, A, you to shut up, and B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so, she told the Guardian in a phone interview. It's absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments."
"Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama. In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House. She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state."
Multiple Democrats including Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, and three House members are under investigation by the administration after urging service members to refuse illegal orders. Slotkin organized and appeared in a video imploring military personnel to disobey unlawful directives. She characterizes the investigations as deliberate use of legal and physical intimidation aimed at silencing critics, comparing it to tactics used by authoritarian regimes. Slotkin served three tours in Iraq, worked in the Pentagon and White House, and later won congressional and Senate elections while campaigning on healthcare and manufacturing issues.
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