Mike Rogers
Role at the time: 2026 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan, through a campaign spokesperson
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Rogers's campaign opposed unchecked tracking but did not call for eliminating license-plate camera networks.
“vehemently opposes unchecked use of Flock cameras to track law-abiding citizens. Security and liberty aren't enemies. Good government protects both.”
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Original reporting on El-Sayed advertisement, Lawrence, Barrett, and Abbott
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Rogers's campaign said he opposes unchecked use of Flock cameras to track law-abiding citizens and that security and liberty are not enemies. It opposed unchecked tracking without calling for an end to the cameras, so Mixed or conditional fits.