a more plausible theory: she’s spending time in purple and red areas and talking to trump voters because she’s more aligned with them than progressives and is looking for confirmation on her priors

Parker Molloy

I really hate Elissa Slotkin's patronizing "my theory of the case is that what works in the middle of the country will work on the coasts, but not the other way around" shit. It's one of her canned lines that she uses in her eventual attempt to run for president.