Before Mike Rogers invoked 9/11 against Abdul El-Sayed, he voted against care for sick responders

Rogers and el Sayed spar over 9/11 in lead-up to Rogers's convention speech

Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul el Sayed are hitting each other hard in the lead-up to Friday’s 25th remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as Rogers plans to focus on the anniversary in his speech before the GOP convention. Throughout the campaign so far, Rogers has ripped el Sayed over […]

Before Mike Rogers invoked 9/11 against Abdul El-Sayed, he voted against care for sick responders

As Mike Rogers praises a 9/11 responder with cancer, his congressional record shows he twice voted against health care for people sickened by the attacks.

Republican trying to weaponize 9/11 against El-Sayed voted twice against healthcare for first responders

Mike Rogers has spent recent weeks trying to turn 9/11 into a political weapon against his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed. The Michigan Republican Senate candidate has attacked El-Sayed over old comments about the terrorist attacks and has falsely suggested that El-Sayed said the United States deserved 9/11. But while Rogers tries to put his opponent on trial over what he said about the attacks, his own congressional record is now coming un…