Democratic senator sounds alarm on party’s failures: ‘We don’t act as a team’

Elissa Slotkin criticized fellow Democrats for losing their alpha energy' at a Center for American Progress event

A Democratic senator has sounded the alarm about her own party's failings, urging colleagues to slaughter some sacred cows" if they want to combat Donald Trump and win back power.

Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan castigated fellow Democrats for losing their alpha energy" and bravado", being scared" to enforce immigration rules, taking an elitist" approach to the climate crisis and having a bias towards navel gazing". She painted a bleak picture of a leaderless party pulling in different directions.