WATCH: U.S. senator claims America is living through its ‘angry teenage years’

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat and the junior senator from Michigan, is insulting the American voters and a social media commenter praised her for doing that, as that “innovative strategy” worked “wonders in 2016 (‘basket of deplorables’) and in 2024 (‘You’re all fascists!’)”

Slotkin, whose profile just now is based on her delivery of the Democrat response to President Donald Trump’s recent address to Congress, said, while appearing on a leftist show, “I think there’s a feeling in the country I often say this we’re about to turn 250 years old. Right. We’re still pretty young for a country. These are our, like like our angry teenage years. Right. We are going through this push and pull where we’re happy we’re sad, we want this we want that. And what do you do when you have a teenager who’s threatening themselves and others. You just try to get ’em through this period alive.”

She explained that a country, like a teen, needs to have time “so that their brain can fully form and you can come back to… kinda what the country…”

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says that Americans elected President Trump because they are going through their “angry teenage years” and their brains haven’t fully formed yet.
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 11, 2025

Actually, the U.S. right now is the world’s oldest uninterrupted democracy, being established in 1789.

On social media were responses that included:

“Amazing! Democrats refuse to be reflective on their election loss. They’re lashing out and blame everyone else but themselves. Now they’ve started insulting and blaming voters. …”

And, “I hope @SenatorSlotkin keeps comparing the voters of this country to angry teenagers. Insulting the voters is an innovative strategy that worked wonders in 2016 (‘basket of deplorables’) and in 2024 (‘You’re all fascists!’). I’m sure this will reap whirlwinds in 2028.”