Senator bashes MAGA's 'manufactured outrage' over potential criminal probes: 'How toxic'

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has been facing personal and increasingly threatening attacks from Republicans, following her remarks at the University of Chicago that she hopes Democratic investigations of Trump will be a “deterrent” to young people joining the administration.Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday, she clarified what she meant — and condemned the Republicans making threats against her.Tapper began with a quote from Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who wrote on X, "It is absolutely disgraceful to threaten young Americans for participating in politics and serving their country." "What's your response to that? Do you think your comments are deterring qualified young people from public service?"Slotkin, a former CIA officer, dismissed Lee's post as "manufactured outrage.""My point is, do not get yourself involved in illegal activity ... that was the point I was trying to make," Slotkin said. Slotkin also had some words for far-right activist Mike Davis, who proclaimed...