Mike Rogers on September 11 Attacks

Statements and actions by Mike Rogers on this topic.

Public disputes concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks, their aftermath, memorials, official records, and effects on survivors and responders.

How we classify topics

Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.

Statement history

2 statements on this page. Dates: August 5, 2026 to September 10, 2026

2 matching statements. Dates: August 5, 2026 to September 10, 2026

2 published statements. Dates: August 5, 2026 to September 10, 2026

Condemned

2 published statements. Dates: August 5, 2026 to September 10, 2026

2 statements on this page. Dates: August 5, 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

- 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 nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, issuing an official campaign statement

August 5, 2026Condemned

Responding to

Abdul El-Sayed believes the United States deserved the September 11 attacks.

"Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11."

Why we used this label

The accusation is an explicit adverse judgment about El-Sayed’s beliefs and fitness for office.

Mike Rogers’s August 5 statement following the Michigan Senate primary - Mike RogersParagraph beginning with Rogers’s counterterrorism experience and ending with the accusation about America deserving 9/11

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.

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