Michigan leaders speak out against Mike Rogers who’s only in this race for himself
LANSING — Michigan leaders are sounding the alarm on Mike Rogers for “abandon[ing] our state to go make millions” and lying about where he lives.
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- Rep. Haley Stevens: “One thing we know about Mike Rogers is that he’s nowhere. And people don’t even know if he lives in Michigan. He served in Congress at the turn-of-the-century and then has just sort of been gone for the last 10 years. People don’t know who he is, they know who Elissa is.
- They know she’s got a national security background, that she’s focused on supply chains. She worked really hard to lower the cost of prescription drugs with that Inflation Reduction Act, getting Medicare to be that negotiator. And so, I am confident in Elissa in a big way.”
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- MDP Chair Lavora Barnes: “I’ll start with the difference. Elissa Slotkin has been in Michigan, she has been working in Michigan and living in Michigan, while, you know, Mike Rogers was in Florida. She didn’t abandon our state to go make millions — he did.”
See also: Detroit News: Mike Rogers targets China in Senate campaign, but his own connections draw criticism, Business Insider: 9 years through the revolving door: How the GOP’s top Senate recruit in Michigan got rich after leaving Congress, Heartland Signal: Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers connected to Saudi companies, including one with nuclear ambitions, Detroit Free Press: Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ neighborhoods have everything but Mr. Rogers, Detroit News: Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers not living at home where he’s registered to vote, Michigan Advance: Rogers says he didn’t violate voter registration law he helped to pass, MSNBC: A key GOP Senate candidate faces new ‘carpetbagger’ accusations.
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