LANSING — Has anyone seen Mike Rogers’ “principledness,” his ability to “serve,” or any answer on his record co-sponsoring four anti-IVF bills? No one seems to be able to find them. If found, feel free to reach out to Rogers at… *checks notes* well he doesn’t have a home in Michigan right now, so we’re not exactly sure where you should reach out to.
Here’s the latest on the “combative” GOP Senate Showdown:
- “Unfit to serve.” The Detroit Free Press Editorial Board slammed Rogers’ “transactional approach to politics, his ideological inconsistency and obeisance to former President Donald Trump render him a poor fit for this Senate seat.”
- Another day, another “seven-figure ad buy” “knocking” Rogers. Politico notes “Sandy Pensler’s Michigan Senate campaign is going up with a seven-figure ad buy knocking former Rep. Mike Rogers.”
- Making a splash. Rogers’ favorability has taken a nosedive following Pensler’s ad buys “that [took] aim at” Rogers. Rogers’ total approval rating among Republicans is down nearly 30 points since May 1, and an internal Pensler poll shows that Pensler’s “campaign’s ads against Rogers are working.”
- Missing. Have you seen Rogers’ principles? Pensler bashed Rogers’ “lack of principledness,” as he claims to be “‘against China,’ but he took millions from Chinese telecoms” and says he’s from Michigan even though “he just moved up from Florida.”
- Amash didn’t hold back in calling out Rogers who is “a threat not just to the people of Michigan but to all Americans.”
- Mike Rogers, probably: I’m not mad. Please don’t put in the newspaper that I got mad. Rogers was clearly not salty at all at the “left-leaning paper” Detroit Free Press who “got it wrong” when they didn’t endorse him. Rogers even goes on to say the paper has “never gotten one of these [endorsements] right in the last 30 years.”
- Thursday’s Senate vote on the bill to protect access to IVF is a stark reminder that Mike Rogers has an extensive and dangerous anti-abortion record. In Congress, Rogers co-sponsored anti-IVF four bills and Amash co-sponsored one bill that would’ve had “the same effect as the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling.”
See for yourself:
Detroit Free Press [EDITORIAL]: Michigan GOP voters: …[Do] not [choose] Mike Rogers in Aug. 6 primary
- But Rogers’ transactional approach to politics, his ideological inconsistency and obeisance to former President Donald Trump render him a poor fit for this Senate seat.
- But Rogers performed an abrupt about face earlier this year, granting his imprimatur to the former president after Trump’s efforts to discredit or overturn the results of the 2020 election, a maneuver contingent on disqualifying votes in the state of Michigan, specifically, the city of Detroit; after Trump’s diligent and continual efforts undermined confidence in the American electoral system; after the attempted Jan. 6 insurrection — hardly a profile in courage, and squandering whatever bipartisan bona fides he once claimed,
- That alone would render Rogers unfit to serve.
- That’s not as compelling a direction as the congressman believes, because his plans for the future aren’t particularly well-considered.
- In short, we detected little consistency among Rogers’ political positions — but had no trouble concluding that the former congressman has learned all too well how to read the political room, a transactional approach to ideology…
- But in a U.S. Senator, we’re looking for principles.
Politico: SANDY PENSLER’s Michigan Senate campaign is going up with a seven-figure ad buy knocking former Rep. MIKE ROGERS… The Pensler campaign has made… a recurring point in its attacks against Rogers, centering another ad last month on claims about the attack that were disputed by Rogers.”
Michigan Democratic Party: New Polling Shows “Combative” GOP Primary Has Left Mike Rogers Damaged
MIRS: Pensler Internal Showing Him Doing Much Better
- An internal poll conducted by Decider Strategies, owned by Pensler consultant Stu SANDLER, shows that his campaign’s ads against Rogers are working. The May 25-26 poll of 464 likely Republican Michigan primary voters shows Rogers at 20%, Pensler at 13%, Amash at 7% and O’Donnell at 3%. The 57% majority of voters are still undecided.
Your American Heritage: Pensler: “Mike Rogers says, “Oh, I’m from Michigan,” but he just moved up from Florida. ‘I’m against China,’ but he took millions from Chinese telecoms. Oh, it’s the same lack of principledness.”
Scott Sands Show: Rogers: “…Listen, they have gotten it wrong, the Detroit Free Press, obviously a left-leaning paper. Have never gotten one of these right in the last, I don’t know, 30 years…”
Michigan Democratic Party: REMINDER: Rogers and Amash Co-Sponsored Bills That Would Have Restricted IVF Access
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