Mike Rogers Labels Abul El-Sayed ‘Fake Doctor’ in Michigan Debate
The candidates traded attacks over foreign policy, taxes and health care as moderator Rick Albin urged them to tone down the sniping.
- On Thursday, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clashed during their first Senate debate in Michigan, trading sharp attacks over foreign policy and trade. The event, hosted by NBC affiliate WOOD and moderated by Rick Albin, highlighted the intense rivalry.
- Trade policy took center stage as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods became a flashpoint. El-Sayed attacked Rogers' shifting position on the trade war, citing $5,600 annual household costs.
- Healthcare and foreign policy dominated the policy exchange; Rogers labeled El-Sayed's support for "Medicare for All" a "disaster" for private insurance. El-Sayed criticized the war in Iran, arguing it threatens the United States' energy supply.
- Aggressive attacks defined the debate as Rogers accused El-Sayed of being a "con man" and questioned his supporters' ties to terrorist groups. Albin struggled to maintain order, pleading with both candidates to rein in their aggressive tactics.
- With control of the U.S. Senate in play, the Michigan Senate race remains a critical battleground that could determine partisan control of the chamber. Vice President JD Vance has weighed in, focusing on polarizing issues of faith and ethnicity.
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El-Sayed and Rogers spar over Iran and Trump, and toss insults, in Michigan Senate debate
In Thursday’s Michigan Senate debate, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers sparred over the Iran war and cost-of-living issues — and flung insults across the stage in nearly every exchange.
Michigan Senate debate goes off the rails: 4 takeaways
Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s first Senate debate in Michigan turned so contentious it even extended off camera. “In 30 years of doing debates, I’ve never seen it continue during the commercial,” WOOD TV moderator Rick Albin said. “But it did” Rogers and El-Sayed participated in a debate hosted by Nexstar’s Grand Rapids…
Michigan Senate debate erupts into personal attacks as Rogers, El-Sayed clash over Israel, Iran and more
Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed clashed over Israel, Iran, gas prices, health care, data centers, flock cameras and Donald Trump in a heated Michigan Senate debate filled with personal attacks.
El-Sayed dodges Rogers’ attacks on terrorism ties during heated Senate debate
In the first debate of the general election for Senate in Michigan, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) repeatedly hit Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over his supporters’ ties to and support for terrorist groups and El-Sayed’s comments on the Temple Israel terrorist attack — accusations that El-Sayed largely did not respond to during the deeply acrimonious...
El Sayed dodges question on whether Israel or Iran poses greater threat to US
Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed refused to say whether Israel or Iran poses a greater threat to the United States during a debate Thursday night, calling the question a “ridiculous hypothetical” as he defended his opposition to American involvement in the conflict with Tehran. Pressed repeatedly by moderator Rick Albin to identify which […]
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