THE CASE
Mike Rogers is running for Senate in Michigan. He runs his campaign from Florida. A career politician turned corporate lobbyist, Rogers has spent his career voting to gut Social Security and Medicare, cheering on Trump’s trade wars and Iran War even as Michigan families pay the price, and cashing in on the connections he made in Washington. Now, Trump’s handpicked candidate wants Michiganders to trust him with their seat in the Senate.
KEY FACTS AND DATA
Mike Rogers has a record of misplaced priorities and self-enrichment.
Rogers has spent time campaigning from his million-dollar Florida mansion, even saying “my whole life is here in Michigan” while reportedly recording the interview from Florida. [Detroit Metro Times]
In 2024, Rogers was cited for a traffic violation in Florida the very same month his failed Senate campaign claimed he was living in Michigan. [Michigan Democratic Party]
In Congress, Rogers repeatedly voted to turn Medicare into a voucher program and raise its eligibility age, and supported plans to privatize parts of Social Security. [House of Representatives; Michigan Independent]
Throughout his decade and a half in the U.S. House, Rogers was a strong supporter of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, spending trillions of taxpayer dollars on foreign wars. [EveryCRS Report; House of Representatives: Iraq and Afghanistan]
Rogers fully supports Trump’s disastrous Iran War, saying there “shouldn’t be a date” when the war ends and saying of rising gas prices that are crushing Michigan families, “we’re gonna be fine.” [American Bridge 21st Century; Punchbowl News]
Rogers has increased his personal net worth up to as much as $17.5 million since leaving Congress in 2014 after leveraging his political connections into board seats and lobbying positions. [Business Insider]
Michigan families pay more under the policies backed by Mike Rogers.
Rogers fully supports Trump’s endless war in Iran, which cost Michigan households an additional $502 in gas expenses as of July 13. [Detroit News; Joint Economic Committee]
Trump’s tariffs, which Rogers fully supported even after the Supreme Court struck them down, cost the average Michigan household up to $3,200 in 2025. [Politico; Michigan Public]
Michigan small businesses paid an average of $709k more for imports between March 2025 and February 2026 due to Trump’s tariffs. [Center for American Progress]
Rogers said Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill “has some really good stuff in it for Michigan.” [All Talk With Kevin Dietz]
Michigan households are projected to pay an additional $160 per year for energy bills by 2030 thanks to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. [Center for American Progress]
Rogers opposed extending vital ACA tax credits, leaving nearly 500,000 Michiganders enrolled in marketplace plans facing skyrocketing insurance costs and causing enrollment to drop nearly 27 percent between February 2025 and February 2026. [Michigan Advance; Michigan Public; Associated Press]
Diane Holland, a Michigander with preexisting conditions, said, “If he gets elected to the Senate this year, he could once again vote to gut the ACA and make it impossible for people who have pre-existing conditions, to get affordable health care, to take away the coverage that’s keeping me healthy without going bankrupt.” [Michigan Advance]
Trump and Rogers’ agenda for Michigan is increasingly unpopular.
74% of Michigan voters say tariffs are contributing to inflation and affordability concerns, and 63% of Michigan voters oppose tariffs on auto parts from Canada. [EPIC-MRA]
58% of Michigan voters say Donald Trump has made energy prices more expensive. [EPIC-MRA]
Trump’s job approval rating in Michigan sits at just 33%, with 61% of Michiganders disapproving of his handling of the economy. [Reuters]
A veteran pollster in Michigan who attended Trump and Rogers’ rally at a GM plant said, “When I was listening to him, I said, ‘What planet are you on?’” and that Trump is “like an anchor around Republicans.” [Fortune]
CALL TO ACTION
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Mike Rodger’s standing next to communist wannabe dictator. A democrat who destroyed the GOP.