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Michigan Senate debate erupts into personal attacks as Rogers, El-Sayed clash over Israel, Iran and more

Rogers challenged El-Sayed’s record and defended his own positions on Israel, energy and health care.

Michigan Senate debate erupts into personal attacks as Rogers, El-Sayed clash over Israel, Iran and more
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Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed clashed over personal accusations and policy during their first onstage debate in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race. A late-September poll cited in the article showed El-Sayed leading 50% to 49%.

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Donald Trump
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President of the United States, mentioned in El-Sayed’s criticism of Rogers

Gary C. Peters
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Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed Hold First Michigan Senate Debate

Outlets agree Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed held their first debate in Michigan’s Senate race, trading personal attacks and clashing over policy issues. Left-leaning outlets focus on Rogers’s attacks on El-Sayed’s mother and related fact-checking. Center outlets portray a combative exchange over policy and personal claims, with some checking assertions from both candidates and others emphasizing the foreign-policy clash. Right-leaning outlets foreground Rogers’s challenges to El-Sayed over foreign ties and positions, with some coverage portraying Rogers as performing well.

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