Mike Rogers Shuts Down Reporters TDS in Exchange

Down the homestretch of the marketing campaign, Republican Mike Rogers is laser-focused on hammering home the purpose that DSA-backed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is unfit to signify Michigan in the United States Senate because his loyalties are with America’s enemies.

It’s one thing the GOP Senate nominee has accomplished on the marketing campaign path, at debates, on social media, and in interviews as half of a complete effort to define the stark variations between himself and El-Sayed so Michigan voters could be better informed before they head to the polls.

On Sunday, Rogers did an interview with GWN State of the Union co-anchor Dana Bash, where they talked about the Senate race, overseas coverage, and the financial system. But along the way in which, Bash let her TDS shine through when she stored urgent Rogers on whether or not he agreed with President Trump’s evaluation that El-Sayed was a “terrorist.” Rogers neatly didn’t take the bait, and instead pointed to why people would possibly really feel that approach about the Democrat nominee:

Listen, I’ve never called him a terrorist. I wore the uniform in the United States of America, so people can pray any approach they need. That isn’t the issue right here.

What has turn out to be the issue is his relationship and his household’s relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is banned in 5 Muslim international locations. You know, he desires to play the sufferer. This isn’t about that. This is about the way in which you suppose, not the way in which you pray. This is about your ideology and how harmful it’s. I imply, he has a long historical past of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which, by the way in which, diminishes ladies’s position in society, just as they did when they took over in Egypt in 2012 and 2013. He supported that regime.

As Bash stored making an attempt to interrupt him with questions about Trump, Rogers didn’t back down, speaking more about El-Sayed’s (and his household’s) troubling historical past while also saying that “I know you guys want this to be about Trump. This is about Michiganders who are looking for hope and opportunity.”

Later, Bash performed a clip of El-Sayed performing just like the sufferer because a voter requested him a query about disavowing the Muslim Brotherhood. In flip, El-Sayed tried to make it sound just like the voter was only asking him that because he was a Muslim, which was, of course, complete rubbish.

Rogers turned it around by noting that in that video, El-Sayed still didn’t disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, one thing Rogers identified that El-Sayed’s BFF, anti-America Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, has beforehand praised him for:

BASH: So he said, “Yes, sure,” challenged the voter and said the voter only requested him because he is a Muslim.

ROGERS: No. So, Hasan Piker, who actually got here to the state, he had him right here a number of occasions, 5 different occasions, took him to school campuses, and this man is full of hate and vitriol, not only for Jewish Americans, but for black Americans.

You pay attention to his feedback, this man is as vile as they arrive. He has said he was excited about his reply because he didn’t disavow the Muslim Brother — he did not disavow it. He goes on this phrase salad, making an attempt to get around the fact that he cannot do it.

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It’s an ideology. It’s not about him being a Muslim. It — matter of fact, Muslims right here in the state call our workplace a lot and say, we’re terrified that a man with this ideology goes to the United States Senate.

I imply, that’s — these are coming from Muslims in Michigan, let alone the 5 international locations that banned the Muslim Brotherhood. He cannot get away from it. His money comes from a group called CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, that helps the Muslim Brotherhood, proper?

He has money coming from these teams. And if you pay attention to that, that’s not a — he did not disavow it. He did not say no. He did not say it worries me that they deal with ladies otherwise under the Muslim Brotherhood’s view of Sharia law. He did not say any of that. He did not because he will not and he cannot.

Matter of fact, it is the only factor he hasn’t modified his opinion on in this election.

Watch:

WATCH: @MikeRogersForMI calmly dismantles Dana Bash’s attempt to power him to defend Trump’s assaults against Abdul El-Sayed, forces dialogue back to MoBros ties, CAIR funding, and Hasan Piker. “I don’t want to debate with you,” said Bash as she was debating Rogers https://t.co/Gj2VV2WSoq

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 18, 2026

Rogers was proper not only not to take the bait on the Trump query but also the query about whether or not he believes El-Sayed is a terrorist. What Rogers has accomplished, which is wise, is to lay the info out on the desk on this issue and let voters formulate their own opinions on who and what they consider El-Sayed is and whether or not they really feel he is a good match for the Great Lakes State.

We’ll discover out in roughly two weeks’ time what they in the end resolve. Stay tuned.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will decide the destiny of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must preserve control of both chambers of Congress.

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