To The Point: Democratic candidates for US Senate seat

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On this “To The Point,” the first of three programs dedicated to the race for the open U.S. Senate seat.

Two Democrats and four Republicans are on the primary ballot trying to get their respective party’s nomination. In the next three weeks, you will have a chance to hear all six candidates talk about the same issues from the economy, inflation, immigration, America’s involvement in two overseas wars and more.

This week the two Democratic candidates are up first.

Actor and activist Hill Harper on the economy and inflation.

“Inflation in many ways is crushing so many families and it’s actually a regressive tax, right? It hits folks that make the least the most. What I always talk about is the government’s role is to provide opportunity and a safety net, what you can do is protections. Price protection,” he said.

And U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, on immigration.

“It needs a comprehensive approach this kind of salami slice, one executive order, one executive order here, they always get challenged in court so they don’t really last that long and it’s just not the way a national of immigrants should do immigration policy. Rational people could get a room for 45 minutes without Twitter and be able to solve this,” she said.

All that on this “To The Point” episode for the weekend of June 22.

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