MIKE ROGERS: MICHIGANDERS CAN’T SUPPORT THE SHEER MEANNESS AND DIVISIVENESS ABDUL EL-SAYED BRINGS TO OUR STATE

DETROIT, MI — This evening, Michigan Republican U.S. Senate Nominee Mike Rogers joined Katie Pavlich on NewsNations’ Katie Pavlich Tonight to talk about his growing coalition of Michiganders, why he wins on every issue, and why Abdul El-Sayed is wrong for Michigan.

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

On Democrats for Mike Rogers:

We started in downtown Detroit, launching Democrats for Rogers. It was a very diverse coalition.

We had Black Detroiters, people from Flint. We had a Rabbi speak today about his lifelong being a member of the Democrat Party, but just can't get there because of the sheer meanness and divisiveness of Abdul El-Sayed. We think it's absolutely doable. We're just getting started. 

We have Democrats coming to us in this election in a way that they're not going to Abdul El-Sayed. Remember, more Democrats voted against him in the Primary than voted for him, and we're having great dialog with these Democrats. We need about 5% of those Haley Stevens Democrats, and he can't win. We're well on our way to hitting that number. 

On winning issues:

We've been, for the last year, talking about issues that affect [voters]. We have a literacy problem here in Michigan, like many states do. About two thirds of our fourth graders can't read in the fourth grade. We have a plan to actually get them reading at grade level and then succeeding through the rest of their academic career. 

Right now, the average new homeowner in Michigan is about 40 years old – That's ridiculous. What we've been doing for the last year is talking about a great proposal to get them to hit that 20% down payment by saving tax-free. We're going to build more homes in Detroit. We've got 122,000 vacant lots. We've got a plan to allow builders to build on those lots tax-free if they sell it to a family or an individual in the City of Detroit. 

We've got all of these plans getting back into the defense industrial base. We're going to get our kids reading again. We're going to build things again. 

We're very very excited about it, and that's drawing people naturally, and then when you add the absolute meanness, anger, and divisiveness of Abdul El-Sayed, that's why we're doing as well as we are. 

On Data Centers:

My argument is that we need to walk through those issues before we just throw these things at us – they’re eating away at our farmland and other things. They have water issues and concerns. They have noise issues and concerns. My argument is to pause, answer these questions, and maintain local control. 

My opponent wants to send it to Washington D.C. to make the decisions on it. I think that's a terrible idea. The people who need to make these decisions live in these communities, and when you look at what the Democrats have done, they gave us what’s called Gotion, a battery plant that was a Chinese battery plant that they forced down the throats of our local communities. That was a disaster. 

Well, guess what? If the state or the federal government is trying to ram these things down these local communities' throats, that's a problem. Let's get these questions answered so that people feel better about making a good decision on whether they should come to their community or not.

Learn more about Mike Rogers and his plan to Get Michigan Working Again at RogersForSenate.com.

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