Elissa Slotkin

Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan was in the news two weeks ago because she said that she wants to go after Trump’s inner circle in order to scare young people who might be thinking of going to work for the Trump administration.

It was clearly a threat. Go to work for Trump and you might find yourself in a world of trouble.

Now a student from the University of Chicago has filed an official ethics complaint against Slotkin. She deserves this.

University of Chicago student files ethics complaint against Sen. Slotkin

A University of Chicago student has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Elissa Slotkin for her recent suggestion that college graduates who work for the Trump administration might be prosecuted.

“Senator Slotkin, if you thought this was over, you’re wrong,” said student Michael Bicksel in a video he posted on X on Oct. 22 as he held up a copy of an ethics complaint he filed with the U.S. Senate.

“The complaint was submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and argues that Slotkin proposed using congressional investigations and potential prosecutions to frighten young people away from serving in a Republican administration,” Fox News reported.

“The complaint asks the committee to determine whether Slotkin’s comments amounted to ‘improper conduct which may reflect upon the Senate,’ a standard described in the Senate Ethics Manual as applying to conduct that may be unethical even if it does not violate a specific law or Senate rule,” the outlet reported.

Speaking Oct. 13 at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, the Michigan Democrat said potential legal problems should be a deterrent against working for Trump…

The comments drew widespread criticism as a threat to young conservative graduates looking to work in government, as well as complaints the sentiments were akin to “Bolshevik tactics.”

I just filed a formal ethics complaint against @SenatorSlotkin https://t.co/Ob2QZlLM3y pic.twitter.com/9bFV6O1SOk

— Michael Bicksel (@MichaelBicksel) October 22, 2026

Slotkin really screwed up by making those statements.

It’s a perfect reminder that the Democrats are the actual authoritarians that they constantly accuse Trump of being.

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