EXCERPT:
SLOTKIN: "Yeah, I just — I mean, I just — I’m from Michigan, right? We’re just kind of straight about what’s going on, and I think people can feel and see spin and I don’t think they like it. And I think what we need to be saying is, look, we know that salaries, you know, increases in people’s pay is not keeping up with inflation. So, when you’re sitting around the kitchen table at night, your kids have gone to bed and you’re trying to figure out how much money is coming in and how much is going out, those math equations are not looking great right now for the majority, at least, in my state. So I want to be just straight about that, and then I want to say, 'Here’s the plan. Here’s the path.' And even if it’s six months, it’s a longer term thing, just — I want to be transparent, because people know that this is a problem. We shouldn’t try to pretend it’s not."