On October 14, Senator Elissa Slotkin said Democrats should pursue signature cases against the people who enabled Trump, not just the president, and that she wants young people to think twice before working for his administration. She has since said she means the enablers rather than the president alone. Trump said from the Oval Office that she should be tried for her remarks, and Slotkin answered in an X video. The argument now turns on whether targeting enablers is deterrence or political retaliation.