Curtis Hertel
Role at the time: Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party
Statement summary
Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel criticized Rogers’s September 10 convention remarks as dangerous and desperate. The available reporting does not establish that Hertel specifically addressed the campaign-finance allegation.
“Rogers’ remarks were dangerous and desperate, and they were beneath the office he seeks.”
Michigan Advance report by Ben Solis on Rogers's September 10 convention address and the responses to it. The address included the campaign-finance allegation. Neither Roxie Richner's nor Curtis Hertel's quoted words mention the funding sentence, so neither response is recorded as a denial of it.
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Hertel rejected the characterization advanced in Rogers's remarks. His statement concerned the address overall, so we do not treat it as a direct response to the campaign-finance claim.