Moderate Democrats are sharpening their economic message with new proposals aimed at lowering costs, boosting small businesses, and reviving the shrinking middle class as they offer a rebuttal to the Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and seek to reset their party’s standing after major losses in 2024.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) unveiled what she called an “economic war plan” on June 26, warning that the erosion of the middle class poses a greater threat to the United States than any foreign power.
“The single, greatest security threat to the United States is not coming from abroad,” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, said during a speech at the Center for American Progress. “It’s the shrinking middle class here at home.”…