In final Michigan Senate debate, El-Sayed and Rogers question each other’s loyalties
The candidates traded attacks over Trump, the Muslim Brotherhood and costs, while also clashing on Medicare for All, tariffs, Social Security and immigration.
- On Wednesday, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican nominee Mike Rogers faced off in their second and final Michigan Senate debate at WXYZ-TV in Southfield, trading sharp personal attacks on policy and character.
- The race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters remains a neck-and-neck contest that could determine control of the Senate, with both campaigns focused on defining their opponent's record.
- El-Sayed repeatedly labeled Rogers a "sock puppet" for President Donald Trump, while Rogers questioned El-Sayed's allegiance, alleging ties to the Muslim Brotherhood without providing direct evidence.
- Rogers criticized El-Sayed's progressive agenda as "extreme" and called Trump's tariffs a "mixed bag," while El-Sayed blamed administration policies for rising gas and grocery prices.
- With 13 days until Election Day, former President Barack Obama will rally in Detroit on Saturday for El-Sayed while President Trump campaigns in St. Clair County for Rogers on Sunday.
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'Trump ripped up JCPoA, took us to war’: Abdul El-Sayed’s sharp attack on US President over Iran
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed criticized President Donald Trump's foreign policy by arguing that the U.S. should not have abandoned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal. "Donald Trump ripped up the JCPoA and then he took us to war we shouldn't be fighting. That's exactly the kind of foreign policy, by the way, that people like Mike Rogers have been pushing for a very, …
One of the most anticipated challenges of the midterm of 3 November. The Republican accuses El Sayed of being an extremist socialist and supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, aims to scare about 150,000 Jewish voters of a state with one of the largest Arab-American communities in the US; the Democrat paints Rogers as Trump's yes man. In the State of the Great Lakes is expected for big party talks
Rogers to El-Sayed: ‘Are You for America' or 'Terrorist Groups Overseas?'
Republican Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers pressed his challenger, Muslim leftist Abdulrahman El-Sayed, about his alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and whether he is "for America" or "these terrorist groups overseas."
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