Slotkin discussed the despair that many Americans are feeling and their anger over leaders who have not stood up to Trump and his administration.

"Hold your elected officials, including me, accountable. Watch how they're voting. Go to town halls and demand they take action. That's as American as apple pie," she said.

The senator also pushed Americans to organize.

"Pick just one issue you're passionate about and engage. And doomscrolling doesn't count. Join a group that cares about your issue and act. And if you can't find one, start one. Some of the most important movements in our history have come from the bottom up," she said.

Democrat Elissa Slotkin slammed Trump over last week's Oval Office dust-up between Trump, Vance and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying Ronald Reagan "must be rolling in his grave."

"We all want an end to the war in Ukraine. But Reagan understood that true strength required America to combine our military and economic might with moral clarity," she said. "And that scene in the Oval Office wasn't just a bad episode of reality TV. It's summed up Trump's whole approach to the world."

Slotkin said Trump "believes in cozying up to dictators like Vladimir Putin and kicking our friends like the Canadiens in the teeth."

Slotkin criticized DOGE and Trump for the "mindless" mass firings of federal workers, only to hire some of them back days later.

"No CEO in America could do that without being summarily fired," she said.

"Is there anyone in America who is comfortable with him and his gang of 20 year olds using their own computer servers to poke through your tax returns, your health information and your bank accounts?" Slotkin asked while delivering remarks on economic security.

While she agreed that America needs a more efficient government, she argued that there is "no oversight" with Musk's efforts.

One of Trump’s chief campaign promises was to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, starting with convicted criminals. But his administration has released only incomplete data on how successful it has been at that.

According to data posted on X, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 8,276 people between Jan. 22 and Jan. 31. It also issued 6,577 "detainers lodged" for people arrested by other law-enforcement agencies whom ICE has reason to believe are eligible for deportation. That's an average of 828 arrests and 658 detainers lodged per day.

That's a big increase from the last year of published statistics under former President Joe Biden's administration. Between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024, ICE reported 113,431 arrests, or an average of 310 per day. So Trump is certainly cracking down on immigration more than his predecessor did.

However, it's not nearly the pace the Trump administration needs to hit if it wants to achieve its stated goal of deporting every undocumented immigrant. The Pew Research Center estimated there were 11.0 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. in 2022. If ICE were to arrest 828 people and lodge 658 detainers per day every day going forward, it would take over 20 years to arrest or lodge a detainer against 11.0 million people.

And there’s another problem: We don’t have data beyond that one week. ICE hasn’t shared how many people it arrested and lodged detainers against since Jan. 31; it’s possible that it has significantly increased or decreased the pace since then. ICE also hasn’t released data on what share of those arrested have been criminals. Despite the administration’s anecdotal claims, there have been numerous news reports of ICE arresting immigrants who haven’t done anything wrong other than being in the country illegally.

—Nathaniel Rakich, 538