LANSING — If you give Mike Rogers an opportunity to enrich himself at Michiganders’ expense, he’s going to ask for an opportunity to sell out our national security too. Republicans aren’t holding back as they share how they really feel about Rogers. Justin Amash called out Rogers for his “long history of weaponizing government against the people,” and one RNC delegate put it plainly, “Go away!”
Here’s the latest on the “messy” and “scrambled” GOP Senate primary:
- The Washington Post called out election denier Rogers who has “questioned or denied” the outcome of the 2020 election.”
- Many people are asking… “Rogers’s own financial connections to China have created questions.” News reports note that Rogers “worked for AT&T, which faced pushback for its entanglements with a Chinese telecom giant,” and he “earned at least $460,000 working as a risk analyst for the Nokia Corp.,” which had a “decade of extensive business deals in China.”
- While Rogers touts his eight years of cybersecurity experience, he neglected to mention how he was busy selling out our national security to China.
- Let the record show. While Rogers spoke at the Republican National Convention this week, he can’t run away from his toxic record of selling out Michiganders.
- Amash says the quiet part out loud – voters are telling him that they don’t want “anything to do with Mike Rogers.”
- Amash didn’t hold back on how he really feels about Rogers who has “a long history of weaponizing government against the people” and is “enthusiastic” about his “vote for the surveillance.”
- Ice soup for dinner. Roll Call notes the Michigan Republican Senate candidates’ shoddy fundraising.
- You can’t sit with us. The Daily Beast reports that “someone in the crowd yells ‘go away!’” as Rogers speaks at the RNC.
See for yourself:
Michigan Advance: “However, Rogers’s own financial connections to China have created questions about that commitment, including as The Detroit News reported, the fact that his wife, Kristi, served ‘on the board of a company that’s touted its partnership with a China-based entity. And Rogers himself briefly worked for AT&T, which faced pushback for its entanglements with a Chinese telecom giant.’ Additionally, financial disclosures show that in the two years before he announced his Senate bid, Rogers earned at least $460,000 working as a risk analyst for the Nokia Corp., which in January announced that after a decade of extensive business deals in China, it was selling its majority stake in a Beijing-based firm amid rising tensions with the U.S.”
Michigan Democratic Party: At RNC, Mike Rogers Can’t Run Away from his Toxic Record of Selling out Michiganders
Tudor Dixon Podcast: Amash: “Well to them, when I’ve talked to them, they’re like ‘Well if it’s Mike Rogers. We don’t really want anything to do with Mike Rogers.’”
Tudor Dixon Podcast: Amash: “Mike Rogers will vote for the surveillance, which is going to come up again for reauthorization.”
Roll Call: “Former Rep. Mike Rogers… had $2.5 million on hand, while Sandy Pensler, a businessman self-funding his campaign, had $1.1 million on hand after loaning his campaign $1.9 million last quarter.”
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