LANSING — Donald Trump has plunged the “unruly” and “scrambled” Michigan GOP Senate primary into further chaos by endorsing Mike Rogers.
“The chaotic Senate primary is getting even nastier as Trump pours gasoline on the fire. Mike Rogers abandoned Michigan a decade ago as he walked through the revolving door to get rich – and Michigan families deserve better,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes.
Here’s what you need to know about the brutal infighting that Trump has already caused in the Republicans’ “intraparty battle:”
- Pensler released an ad hitting Rogers.
- Roger Stone, a Trump ally, slammed Rogers for being a “blatant fraud” that “voters need to be leery of.” He called out Rogers for “leaving his home state of Michigan in the dust” and moving to Florida where he made nearly $2 million in the past two years alone.
- Meijer attacked his opponents saying “you don’t respect somebody who is just kind of willing to debase themselves.”
- Pensler bashed Rogers for being a “hack,” saying he has “a complete lack of principles” and “does whatever benefits him.”
- Sandy Pensler and Mike Rogers engaged in website wars, with each redirecting Michiganders visiting mikerogersforsenate.com and electsandypensler.com to attacks on their opponent’s record.
- Trump ally Caroline Wren tweeted that she “can’t imagine a worse or more dangerous ‘Republican’ candidate for Senate than Mike Rogers.”
- Trump advisor Adam Veinotte called Mike Rogers a “deep state operative” whose “campaign should be DOA.”
Here’s what you need to know about Mike Rogers:
- Business Insider: 9 years through the revolving door: How the GOP’s top Senate recruit in Michigan got rich after leaving Congress
- Michigan Advance: Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood?
- The Gander: Mike Rogers tries to distance Senate campaign from past attempts to ban IVF
- The Gander: Republican Senate candidates vow to take away health insurance from 1.3 million Michiganders
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