密歇根州民主党参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金周一在电视采访中表示，针对她关于起诉威胁可能阻止年轻人为特朗普政府工作的言论所引发的反弹是“制造出来的愤怒”。
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., called the backlash against her comments that the threat of prosecution could deter young people from working for the Trump administration "manufactured outrage" during television interviews Monday.
斯洛特金在10月13日芝加哥大学的一次活动中，因一段视频片段走红而受到批评。视频中她表示，她希望追究那些“协助”特朗普总统的人的“标志性案件”，并向年轻人传递一种“威慑信息”。
During an Oct. 13 University of Chicago event, Slotkin drew criticism after a clip went viral showing her saying she wants to pursue "signature cases" against people who "enabled" President Donald Trump and push a "deterrence message" for young people.
“我希望刚毕业的年轻人会说，‘我该去为特朗普政府工作吗？听起来挺有趣的，我可能会得到一个机会。’我希望他们会想，‘天哪，这可能会给我带来我不想要的一堆麻烦，所以我还是避免参与比较好，’”她说。“我想要这种威慑信息，”斯洛特金说。
"I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that,’" she said. "I want that deterrence message," Slotkin said.
周一，斯洛特金在接受CNN主持人杰克·塔珀的采访时回应了犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李的评论。迈克·李写道，以法律手段威胁参与政治和为国家服务的年轻美国人是“绝对可耻的”。
While speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday, Slotkin responded to a comment from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who wrote that it was "absolutely disgraceful" to "threaten young Americans for participating in politics and serving their country" with legal retribution. "Yeah, well, look, that’s manufactured outrage," Slotkin responded. "That’s his specialty.
迈克·戴维斯：斯洛特金参议员透露她针对年轻保守派的险恶计划“ yeah，好吧，看，那是制造出来的愤怒，”斯洛特金回应道。“那是他的拿手好戏。我认为我从自己党内的共和党同事和同僚那里听到的声音，包括实习生和在国会山工作、参加我们活动的人，他们会告诉你，‘我当时很担心。我父母也很担心，你知道。事情真的很乱。我不确定自己该卷入什么。’总体来说，政治已经变得很混乱。”
I think the thing that I’ve heard from my own Republican colleagues and peers, including interns and folks who work around the Hill who come to our events, they’ll tell you, 'I was worried. My parents were worried, you know. It’s really messy. I’m not sure what to get involved in.' Politics, in general, has become messy." "But, you know, when you’re being forced by this administration, for instance, to sign a contract that is given over to a company that Trump Jr. is on the board of, and you know that that’s a problem," she added.
“但你知道，当你被这届政府迫使，例如，签署一份被转交给特朗普 Jr. 在董事会任职的公司的合同时，你知道这有问题，”她补充道。
Slotkin then referenced her viral video from 2025, in which she and five other Democratic lawmakers urged military members to "refuse illegal orders."
斯洛特金随后引用了她2025年那段走红的视频，当时她和另外五名民主党议员呼吁军人“拒绝非法命令”。她声称，在这两种情况下，她只是在鼓励人们拒绝非法行为。
She claimed that in both circumstances she was only encouraging people to reject illegal activity. "My point is, do not get yourself involved in illegal activity," she said.
“我的观点是，不要让自己卷入非法活动，”她说。“这和我一年前谈论的事情是一样的。无论你是穿着军装的军人，还是政府中的平民，如果总统或他的团队要求你做某事，而这件事是非法的，那么你就有责任予以拒绝。这就是我的观点，也是我当时想要表达的。”斯洛特金表示民主党需要‘新领导力’：‘旧模式已不再奏效’福克斯新闻数字版联系了李的办公室寻求评论，但未能立即获得回应。
"It’s the same thing I was talking about a year ago. Whether you’re the uniformed military or a civilian in government, if you’re being asked to do something by the president or his team, that’s illegal, you have a responsibility to reject that. That is my point, and that was the point I was trying to make." Fox News Digital reached out to Lee's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response. The White House referred Fox News Digital to Trump's previous comments on Slotkin. "That's a hell of a statement. Slotkin said that there should be prosecutions in order to scare people from going into politics.
白宫将福克斯新闻数字版转介给了特朗普此前关于斯洛特金的言论。
That's a Democrat and that's what they do. That's all they're good at — and you know what?
“这真是个了不起的言论。斯洛特金说应该进行起诉，以此吓阻人们进入政坛。这是民主党人，也是他们所做的一切。他们就只会干这个——你知道吗？这就是他们为什么一直被打得落花流水的原因，”特朗普说。
That's why they're getting their a--es kicked," Trump said. Slotkin reiterated that she had no intention of targeting people for prosecution solely because of their political affiliation and only cared about people "breaking the law."
斯洛特金重申，她并不打算仅仅因为某人的政治立场而将其作为起诉目标，她只关心那些“违法”的人。“如果你在违法，那么你就应该承担责任，这也包括那些支持这种行为的人。这就是我想表达的观点。你没有违法？那就没问题。我们可以整天争论不休，当然民主党和共和党也会这样。我不在乎这只是言论自由。我关心的是你是否在违法，”斯洛特金对CNN说。
"If you are violating the law, then you should be held accountable, and that includes people who are supporting that activity. That’s the point I was trying to make. You’re not breaking the law? No problem. We can have disagreements all day long, and certainly Democrats and Republicans do.
宾夕法尼亚州社会民主党人表示，除非是‘无法无天的MAGA流氓’，否则他反对监禁。在MS NOW的另一次采访中，斯洛特金暗示，她所受到的一些共和党批评者的反弹可能归因于她的性别。
I don’t care if it’s just freedom of speech. I care if you’re breaking the law," Slotkin told CNN. During a separate interview on MS NOW, Slotkin suggested some of the backlash she received from Republican critics could be attributed to her gender.
“我认为当你选择指出他们的腐败时，他们显然不喜欢这一点，”斯洛特金在MS NOW的《期限：白宫》节目中说。“他们显然在试图改变话题，鉴于中期选举的情况以及全国经济和各地形势。我认为女性批评他们并指出他们的腐败确实会触及他们的痛处，这一点很明显，否则他们不会作出回应。“当被联系置评时，斯洛特金的办公室将福克斯新闻数字版引导至她在MS NOW访谈中的言论。
"I think when you choose to call out their corruption, they clearly don't like that," Slotkin said on MS NOW's "Deadline: White House." "They're clearly trying to change the conversation given what the midterms are and the state of the economy, the state of things around the country. I do think there's something about being a woman and criticizing them and calling them out on that corruption that really gets under their skin, obviously, or they wouldn't respond." When reached for comment, Slotkin's office directed Fox News Digital to her comments in the MS NOW interview.