Sparks fly as Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers face off in first Michigan Senate debate
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The two candidates battling for Michigan’s open Senate seat tangled here Thursday over the war in Iran, gas prices and tariffs in a debate that often veered into mean-spirited sniping.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed sought to portray his Republican rival, former Rep. Mike Rogers, as a weak-willed loyalist to President Donald Trump who has recently changed his positions on certain issues out of political necessity.
Rogers tried to frame El-Sayed as a “con man” who is making promises he cannot pay for without raising taxes or other costs.
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