A Democrat running for Senate in the battleground state of Michigan is facing intense scrutiny over the limited liability company he formed in 2017, just weeks before announcing his bid for Congress.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., formed an LLC called Pinpoint Consulting weeks before announcing she would run for Congress in 2017 to unseat an incumbent Republican. The business is “not in good standing” as of 2020, according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation.
The last annual report for this business was filed in 2019.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s LLC was formed before she ran for Congress, but it appears it never generated any income. (Getty Images)
According to the Internet, in October 2017, Slotkin’s campaign website ElissaForCongress.com posted, “I am a third-generation Michigander who spent my childhood on a farm in Holly, Michigan, where I currently live and run a small consulting business.” “I run a company,” it said. Archive snapshot.
In an ad launched by End Citizens United defending Slotkin in May 2018, the organization claimed that “she is Holly’s small business owner.”
A financial disclosure report filed with the Clerk of the House in August 2023 still lists Mr. Slotkin as the founder and CEO of Pinpoint Consulting. However, a comment in the document states that “the business has been inactive since 2017 and is not generating any income/revenue.”
Slotkin’s campaign would not say whether she had clients, income or employees. The lawmaker’s various disclosures do not always reveal her income from her company.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, his spokesperson said, “Congressman Slotkin started a consulting firm after leaving the Department of Defense and was considering various job opportunities. He ultimately joined the House of Representatives. I have decided to run for office.”
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Slotkin served as acting assistant secretary of defense until January 2017, according to his official biography. The LLC was formed on June 21, 2017 with the State of Michigan. By July 10, he had announced a legislative effort to unseat then-Republican Rep. Mike Bishop.
Slotkin’s business was noted in its financial disclosures as inactive since its founding year. (Reuters/Jeff Kowalski)
Her campaign also pointed to comments she made to local media in May 2018. Lansing City Pulse. “After 14 years in government, I was looking for my next step and was asked to work on issues related to Iraq,” Slotkin said of his retirement from the Pentagon at the time. “Every time something changes in my life, I come back to Michigan to reset and find out what’s going on. It’s a place I always come back to to figure out my next steps. [are]. ”
But some critics don’t think that alone explains the company’s founding and apparent inactivity.
“She’s running against an incumbent in a Republican-leaning district, and everyone is focused on small businesses,” Jason Cabell Roe, who led the Congressional Leadership Fund’s effort to support Bishop in the 2018 campaign, said at the time. “He had his arms crossed,” he said. .
“What she tried to do in 2018 was try to present herself as a moderate Republican to Republican voters who didn’t like Donald Trump,” he said. .
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Mike Bishop lost in 2018 to Elissa Slotkin, who promoted her consulting business Pinpoint Consulting. (Getty Images)
Law explained that the business “was her go-to talking point in 2018. But once she got elected, I’m sure she never talked about it again after 2019.”
Mr. Slotkin’s business is not mentioned in his Senate campaign. She is not even listed in her official biography. “That means she doesn’t stand up to scrutiny,” Roe said.
National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesperson Maggie Abboud told Fox News Digital: “Elissa Slotkin is trying to make a name for herself on paper so she can call herself a small business owner when she runs for Congress.” “I have launched a consulting business,” he said in a statement.
“However, it appears that she had no actual clients. Ms. Slotkin’s misrepresentation of her business experience could be a major problem for her campaign,” she added.
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Mr. Dixon accused Mr. Slotkin of being a “charlatan.” (Bill Priano/Getty Images)
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee did not provide comment to FOX News Digital in time of publication.
Slotkin is considered the front-runner for the Michigan Democratic Senate nomination to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Actor Hill Harper is also running for the nomination, but he lags far behind the congressman in primary polls and approval ratings. Also running is a Lebanese-born businessman from Dearborn. Nasser Beydoun, an advocate for civilians in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas, recently served as president of the Arab American Civil Rights League in Michigan, which has the largest Arab population of any state.
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Michigan’s Senate primary election will be held on August 6th. The race is considered competitive with nonpartisan political handicaps. cook political reportpraised it as a “lean democracy.”
On the Republican side, the leading candidates are less clear. However, former Rep. Mike Rogers boasts an endorsement from former President Trump and is in an advantageous position. Former Reps. Peter Meyer and Justin Amash are also running, as are businessman Sandy Pensler, who was previously supported by former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
