The New York Times reports “The leading Democratic candidate for an open Senate seat in Michigan said President Biden is trailing Donald J. Trump in her key battleground state, telling donors during a fund-raiser on Tuesday that private polling showed Mr. Trump ahead and the Senate race a tossup.
‘Right now, President Biden is behind Trump in all of our polling and this Senate race is in a dead heat,’ Representative Elissa Slotkin said during a video call with donors, according to a clip of the event obtained by The New York Times.
Ms. Slotkin also appeared to take a shot at Mr. Biden during the call by sarcastically noting that she was running for the seat only because Senator Debbie Stabenow, 74, was ‘doing a radical thing and passing the torch.’”
NRSC Comment: “What does Elissa Slotkin mean by ‘pass the torch?’ Does she think Joe Biden is mentally unfit to hold office?” — NRSC Spokeswoman Maggie Abboud