Slotkin's viral 'threat' to conservatives takes new twist as student moves to hold her accountable: 'Shocking'

FIRST ON FOX: Sen.Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is facing an ethics complaint filed to the United States Senate over comments she made earlier this month that many characterized as a "threat" to conservatives who are thinking about working for the Trump administration.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."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 sent," Slotkin said.Slotkin is now facing an ethics complaint filed Thursday by Michael Bicksel, a University of Chicago student who first reported her remarks.

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.FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS SAY VIOLENCE CAN BE JUSTIFIED TO STOP HATE SPEECH, POLL FINDSSen.Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., votes during a session in the U.S.

Capitol on Thursday, Oct.23, 2025.

(Tom Williams/Getty Images)"Recently at an event at my college, the University of Chicago, Senator Slotkin laid out a legislative-oversight agenda that involved using the legal process to terrorize members of the Trump administration in order to ‘deter’ young people from going to work for it," Bicksel wrote.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 c...