is just outside of chicago, and elissa slotkin who represents a michigan district that stretches from suburban detroit to the state's capital,lansing. welcome to "meet the press" to both of you. >> thank you so mu. >> congresswoman-elect slotkin, let me start with you. would you call your victory a referendum on the president? >> no. i think honestl wy we able to amass support from democrats, republican independents because the overall tenor and tone of politics i think is fundamentally unbecoming of the country. so the president, leadersisp climat set from the top so he's certainly a part of it, but it wn overall feeling that washington was broken and integrity had been evaporated from the system. so it wasn't just the president. he was a part of it. >> what about in your distrmut, ho did the president matter in your district? >> well, the president is certainly a factor,but in the illinois 14th district we had not been well represented. we had a congressman who was not carrying...