Mike Rogers and Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Debate

“At least Florida is in the USA” as Mike Rogers Presses El-Sayed

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed faced off in a Michigan U.S. Senate debate. The clips highlighted exchanges over where the candidates live, El-Sayed’s medical credentials, foreign policy, family ties and voter reaction—and gave the Rogers campaign several moments to circulate.

One of the clearest moments began when El-Sayed criticized Rogers for having a home in Florida. Rogers responded by pointing to El-Sayed’s reported home in the United Arab Emirates; the accompanying social-media post also refers to homes in Dubai and Pakistan. In the debate clip, Rogers said, “at least Florida is in the United States.”

From 1989 to 1994, Rogers worked as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its Chicago office, specializing in organized crime and public corruption. In 2017, Rogers was interviewed to be director of the FBI after James Comey was dismissed.

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Trump said: “Mike Rogers, the great American Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, completely obliterated Mohammed El-Sayed in the big debate tonight. If this was a fight they would have stopped it.”

Referring to El-Sayed, the president said: “Mohammed is a Jihadist lunatic who hates our Country, the Black People of Detroit, and wants to see the U.S. fail. Short on Stature, Patriotism, and Truth, Mohammed’s statements have been loaded up with lies and deceit. I won Michigan BIG, and know that Mike Rogers, a total winner, is the man for you!!!”

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