DI has documented statements by Mike Rogers on 2026 Midterm Elections, Antisemitism, and Campaign Finance, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan
Condemned
Response to this claim
Families would be permitted to retain private health insurance under Abdul El-Sayed's Medicare for All proposal.
“taking over your private health insurance and giving it to the government.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)El-Sayed, Rogers offer insults, answers at US Senate debateHealthcare section and closing statements; original debate aired October 8
Why we used this label
He directly criticizes the healthcare proposal under scrutiny.
The reference point is the U.S. tariff war with Canada. Rogers says it should end now and ties it to high prices, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional; it loses because the post offers no defense of the tariffs.
Role at the time: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, in a Fox News interview
Condemned
Response to this claim
El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing rationalized the antisemitic attack or improperly shifted explanatory responsibility toward Israel and Jews.
“could not condemn the terrorist who tried to attack and kill 140 Jewish children right here in Michigan”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Fox News clip: Mike Rogers on Hannity about Abdul El-SayedFox News Clips upload of Rogers's September 24, 2026 Hannity interview, about 2:50 to 3:20
Why we used this label
The reference point is El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing of the Temple Israel attack. Rogers rejects that response as a failure to condemn the attacker, which criticizes the framing. We used Condemned. Challenged the characterization does not fit because Rogers is attacking El-Sayed's response, not disputing a label. El-Sayed did say he condemned the attack, and PolitiFact rated this claim Mostly False. We checked the quote against PolitiFact's report and the broadcast clip.
Role at the time: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Michigan
Condemned
Statement summary
In a campaign ad posted on X, Rogers called for the war in Iran to end quickly, tying the position to high energy costs and proposing gas-tax suspensions and a temporary halt to U.S. diesel exports.
“The war with Iran needs to end and end quickly. When it does, energy costs will plummet. But Michigan families can't afford to wait for that to happen. We need to do something now.”
Case 88 tracks whether speakers support continued U.S. military operations against Iran. Rogers says the war needs to end quickly, which directly opposes continued operations. His cost-based rationale does not change that expressed conclusion.
Role at the time: Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, interviewed on Fox Business’s Varney & Co.
Condemned
Response to this claim
Abdul El-Sayed is funding his campaign with money from terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.
“This is a guy that takes money from organizations tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. He would not condemn it.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Rogers campaign: “Mike Rogers on Fox Business: We Don’t Want This Socialism Nonsense In Our State”First block quotation, under the heading on El-Sayed’s platform.
Why we used this label
On whether El-Sayed’s campaign received funding from a terrorist organisation, Rogers again asserts the allegation and criticises El-Sayed for it, matching the label on his earlier statements here. The editorially significant feature is not the label but the wording: “organizations tied to the Muslim Brotherhood” is a materially weaker claim than funding by “terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood,” since it asserts a connection rather than identity. He does not withdraw the earlier formulation, and his campaign’s September 15 page demanding the money be returned remained live, so this is a change of formulation rather than a retraction.
Role at the time: Republican nominee for United States Senate in Michigan, posting from his campaign account
Condemned
Statement summary
Within hours of the interview, Rogers posted that Piker had said America is worse than al-Qaeda, described Piker as El-Sayed's running mate, and demanded that El-Sayed condemn him. El-Sayed had already rejected the comparison in a statement to Axios.
“BREAKING: Conman @AbdulElSayed’s running mate Hasan Piker just said that America is worse than Al-Qaeda. Abdul — enough is enough. Condemn Piker once and for all.”
Rogers treats the claim as self-evidently disqualifying and demands it be condemned, which is a rejection of the claim rather than a dispute about how it has been described. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, which loses because he does not argue Piker has been misquoted or misread; he takes the comparison at face value and rejects it. His description of Piker as El-Sayed's running mate is campaign framing rather than a factual claim about any formal role.
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Abdul El-Sayed declined to rank Israel and Iran as threats during Michigan's Senate debate, describing different dangers from each. Pete Buttigieg answered that Iran is an enemy and Israel an ally, while saying he would still vote for El-Sayed.
Rogers says prices are too high and the tariff fight with Canada should end. El-Sayed says Rogers backed the tariffs from the beginning. Trump reads the ad as a call for Canada to make a deal.
Abdul El-Sayed says families could retain private insurance under his Medicare for All proposal. Mike Rogers describes it as a government takeover. The campaign allows additional private coverage but expects universal public insurance to make it unnecessary.
Hasan Piker told Axios the US has caused more terrorism than al-Qaeda "pound for pound." The full episode added more contested claims -- on Iran's nuclear programme, Mao Zedong, China and Zionism -- and drew condemnation from both parties.
Mike Rogers accused Abdul El-Sayed of funding his Senate campaign with terrorist-group money. The case examines the allegation, FEC records documenting outside-support transfers, related public responses, and whether any record establishes a direct payment from a designated organization.
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Read twelve distinct appeals by Mike Rogers and his campaign for Abdul El-Sayed to disavow Hasan Piker, documented as of September 21, 2026. The timeline counts dated requests and excludes repeated coverage.
Mike Rogers attributed a belief about 9/11 to Abdul El-Sayed based on his association with Hasan Piker. El-Sayed rejected that belief and challenged the premise that campaigning together establishes agreement.
After the Temple Israel attack, Abdul El-Sayed condemned antisemitism but linked the assailant’s actions to an Israeli airstrike that killed relatives, describing violence as a cycle. Critics said it rationalized the attack or shifted responsibility; El-Sayed denied justification and later apologized for adding context.
