One Michigan Democrat running for Senate in the state has been accused of starting a small business to gain favor from voters before starting her House bid in 2017.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin started a business called Pinpoint Consulting in June 2017 and then, a month later, announced a run for a House seat using messaging portraying her as a small business owner. However, her campaign did not confirm if the consulting business ever generated revenue or had clients. The firm has been inactive since her 2017 House run and has not filed an annual report since 2019.
“Rep. Slotkin set up a consulting firm after leaving the Department of Defense, when she was considering a number of different job opportunities. She ultimately decided to run for Congress,” a campaignthe Congressional Leadership Fund’s efforts to support Bishop in the race, has denounced Slotkin’s alleged political framing of her business.
“What she tried to do in 2018 was make herself look like a moderate Republican to Republican voters that did not like Donald Trump,” he said. Roe explained the business “was a talking point that she relied on in 2018. But once she got elected, I bet she never talked about it again after 2019.”The allegations stand out further given Slotkin’s Senate run in battleground Michigan against a field of Republicans, including former Rep. Mike Rogers. The