LANSING — The Detroit News reported that Mike Rogers has “felt some blowback” after “touting the endorsement” of Kash Patel, “who suggested in December that if Trump is reelected, the administration would go after journalists to try to prosecute them ‘criminally or civilly.’”
On top of that, Rogers is facing more scrutiny for being “registered to vote in both Michigan and Florida” where he owns a $1.7 million mansion. The Lee County voter registration director confirmed that “Rogers remains an active registered voter in Lee County but said they had not received any information regarding his removal.”
Read the Detroit News’ reporting on the “blowback” Rogers is facing:
Detroit News: Insider: Mike Rogers ‘proud’ of endorsement from Trump ally, then deletes tweet
- Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers felt some blowback last week after touting the endorsement of Donald Trump ally Kash Patel, who worked in the former president’s Justice Department and as chief of staff at the Pentagon.
- Patel, whose endorsement Rogers initially said he was “proud” to receive, suggested in December that if Trump is reelected, the administration would go after journalists to try to prosecute them “criminally or civilly.”
- “We’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections,” Patel said. “We’re going to come after you, whether it’s criminally or civilly. We’ll figure that out. But yeah, we’re putting you all on notice.”
- …He testified before the grand jury that heard the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case against Trump.
- A former chair of the House intelligence committee, Rogers tweeted last week that he was “proud” to have Patel’s endorsement but on Thursday deleted that post on X, formerly Twitter.
- His campaign didn’t answer a question about why.
- The deletion followed negative reactions from the likes of Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff to CIA Director Michael Hayden during the presidency of George W. Bush and former senior director of the White House Situation Room.
- “How low can @MikeRogersForMI go? Apparently, there is no bottom,” tweeted Pfeiffer, who endorsed Biden in 2020. “Seriously? You referred to his appointment by Trump as Pentagon chief of staff after the 2020 election as ‘dangerous.'”
- We reported last week that Rogers is registered to vote in both Michigan and Florida…
- The Florida Secretary of State’s office referred us to the director of voter registration in Lee County, where Rogers owns a home.
- The voter registration director, Maybety Bonachea, responded Friday to say, indeed, Rogers remains an active registered voter in Lee County but said they had not received any information regarding his removal.
See also: Michigan Advance: Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood?, Michigan Independent: Mike Rogers deletes endorsement from peddler of fake pills that ‘reverse’ COVID vaccines.
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