Mike Rogers
- Role
- Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, issuing an official campaign statement
- Statement date
"Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11."
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Complete campaign statement retrieved. The accusation concerns El-Sayed’s supposed belief; it does not supply a quotation from him endorsing the attacks. Rogers’s campaign subsequently defended the inference by pointing to El-Sayed’s association with Hasan Piker. Other allegations in the release are outside this case.
Before the quotation
The campaign release followed the Michigan primary and criticized El-Sayed across multiple policy areas.
After the quotation
The release did not quote El-Sayed endorsing the attacks. His campaign’s later explanation relied on association and reluctance to disavow Piker, which must be distinguished from El-Sayed’s own recorded denial.
How this statement is classified
The accusation is an explicit adverse judgment about El-Sayed’s beliefs and fitness for office.
- Recorded on
- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Abdul El-Sayed
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