Mike Rogers on Islamophobia

Public disputes concerning hostility, prejudice, discrimination, or exclusion directed at Muslims or attributed to Muslim identity.

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Statement history

2 statements on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026 to September 10, 2026

2 matching statements. Dates: September 8, 2026 to September 10, 2026

2 published statements. Dates: September 8, 2026 to September 10, 2026

Mike Rogers
Role at the time: Republican U.S. Senate nominee speaking at the party's September 10 convention
September 10, 2026Condemned
Responding to
Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed
“Together, they attack America, excuse extremism, and treat our country like the villain.”
Why we used this label
Rogers directly condemns El-Sayed's association with Piker. In this speech the 9/11-deserved sentiment is attributed to Piker, unlike Rogers's earlier direct assertion about El-Sayed's belief; that difference is preserved without inferring a retraction.
Mike Rogers's full September 10 convention speech (opens in a new tab)

- Mike Rogers

Full campaign-published transcript; passage beginning That's why I never imagined; later Temple Israel passage beginning We saw that tested

The campaign publishes the complete speech text and links its full recording at https://youtu.be/caqS8edf8p4. The selected wording was checked against the published text, not independently transcribed from the video. Rogers attributes the 9/11-deserved sentiment to Piker and criticizes El-Sayed's association with him; his running-mate language is rhetorical. A separate passage renews the accusation that El-Sayed excused the Temple Israel attack. Other allegations about campaign financing are outside these position records and are not established here. The source publication timestamp is verified from the campaign page metadata; it is not the speech's recording time.

Read statement Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed

Mike Rogers

Role at the time: Republican U.S. Senate candidate, speaking in an approved campaign advertisement

September 8, 2026Condemned

Responding to

Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed

“Abdul El-Sayed runs around with a terrorist sympathizer who said, “America deserved 9/11.””

Why we used this label

The ad attacks El-Sayed's political association. It does not quote El-Sayed endorsing 9/11.

Rogers campaign publishes its September 8 ad about El-Sayed and Piker - Mike RogersComplete campaign-published video transcript; Rogers's sentence immediately before Piker's first inserted clip (web lines18–33)

Primary campaign text identifies the ad's September 8 start. Speaker labels distinguish Rogers, Piker and an inserted El-Sayed clip. The running-mate description is rhetorical. Exact recording time is unknown; noon UTC marks the publication day.

Read statement Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed