Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers published an opinion piece in Fox News this week sharply attacking his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, as the Michigan race heads toward the 2026 midterms.
Rogers, a former Army officer and FBI street agent, wrote that he and his wife Kristi entered the race more than a year and a half ago because they believed Michigan had fallen behind. In the op-ed, he cited Michigan’s education ranking at 45th in the nation, the highest utility rates in the Midwest, and rising housing costs pushing young people out of the state.
Rogers said the contest changed after the Aug. 4 Democratic primary, which he described as turning the race into “a fight for the very soul of our state and country.”
On policy, Rogers criticized El-Sayed’s support for Green New Deal-style energy policies, arguing a gas-powered car ban would cost auto manufacturing jobs and that such policies could push utility and gasoline prices higher. He also attacked El-Sayed’s past support for Medicare for All, quoting El-Sayed’s own past statement that the plan would “give other people what you have and make yours more expensive” and noting El-Sayed previously said the plan “does away with the private insurance market,” though El-Sayed now says employer- and union-provided supplemental coverage could remain.
Rogers’ sharpest language targeted El-Sayed’s associations and statements on foreign policy. He wrote that El-Sayed “invited someone to our state who openly proclaims, ‘America deserved 9/11,'” and said El-Sayed took donations from individuals linked to terrorist organizations. Rogers also referenced the March attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, described in the op-ed as Hezbollah-inspired, saying El-Sayed responded to it by saying “hurt people hurt people.” Rogers additionally noted that when asked whether Iran or Israel poses the greater threat to the United States, El-Sayed said both countries have “proven dangerous in their own way.”
Rogers closed the piece by contrasting his campaign travel across Michigan communities with what he characterized as El-Sayed’s focus on social media and movement-building, writing that he is “focused on delivering real solutions for you, not slogans for television.” He ended with a series of geographic contrasts, writing, “Abdul El-Sayed is focused on the West Bank; I am focused on West Michigan… Abdul El-Sayed wants to represent Palestine; I want to represent Michigan.”
The op-ed did not include a response from El-Sayed or his campaign.
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