Michigan U.S. Senate

The vice president said he doesn’t mind that Rogers has distanced himself from some of Trump’s policies

President Donald Trump is intensifying his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He portrayed him during a Sunday rally in Port Huron as a threat to national security and questioned his loyalty to the United States.

Rogers said having an easier path to the Republican nomination this year let him spend much more time on Black voter outreach than the last time he ran for the Senate in 2024.

The Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful made three stops across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Thursday

The Rogers camp has been trying to build inroads after El-Sayed struggled in Detroit during his primary race

Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars to portray him as a dangerous radical, as El-Sayed responds by traveling across Michigan, meeting voters, and focusing on health care and the cost of living

Mike Rogers attempted, without evidence, to link El-Sayed to terrorist organizations during the debate

Trade policy and the war with Iran are issues where the two candidates have been in conflict in recent days

Former Vice President Kamala Harris joined Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit at an event on Black maternal health

The state is significant because she lost it to Donald Trump two years ago