Slotkin suggests that Democrats should get their own “Project 2025.”

Slotkin was in a close race with her Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, with polls showing a race within the margin of error. The pair battled in their first debate on Tuesday night.

“Where is our project in 2025?” Slotkin said this on Thursday, according to NBC News. She suggested that Democrats should have a detailed plan to combat abortion in the future, similar to Project 2025’s detailed idea for a more conservative future. “Does anyone know what the five-year plan — or even a 10-year plan — to restore abortion rights is?”

Representative Elissa Slotkin, who is campaigning alongside Senator Jon Ossoff in Ann Arbor, accuses the Democrats of not going on the offensive like the Republicans:

“Where is our project in 2025?

“Does anyone know what the five-year plan — or even a 10-year plan — to restore abortion rights is?” pic.twitter.com/yEcscHia98

— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) October 10, 2024

The Washington Examiner contacted Slotkin’s campaign to give her an opportunity to clarify her comments but did not receive a response. Rogers’ campaign declined to comment.

Abortion is a top issue in Michigan, as it is in many states this election cycle. Slotkin criticized Rogers in their debate for his previous moves as a lawmaker against expanding abortion rights.

“Mike Rogers served as a legislator for 20 years,” Slotkin said. “He voted for every single ban, every restriction, every bill that came to his table to make it harder for a woman and to ban a woman and her right to vote.”

Rogers’ campaign told this Washington Examiner that he believes states should decide their own abortion laws and that he will not roll back Michigan’s enshrined abortion rights. A spokesman also said that if elected he would vote against a federal abortion ban.

Slotkin’s proposal is something new for Democrats, who have never gone so far as to link future policy ambitions to Project 2025, a Heritage Foundation plan that Democrats have repeatedly criticized.

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A recent Quinnipiac poll showed Slotkin and Rogers at 48% among likely voters.

Former President Donald Trump was in Michigan on Thursday and addressed a crowd at the Detroit Economic Club. He said the whole country will be like Detroit if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected president.