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Mike Rogers Pretty Much Mopped the Floor With Abdul El-Sayed in a Debate Tonight – Watch Some Highlights

Rogers is portrayed as having performed well in the debate and is shown criticizing El-Sayed.

Mike Rogers Pretty Much Mopped the Floor With Abdul El-Sayed in a Debate Tonight – Watch Some Highlights
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This article1 analysis · Oct 9, 2026
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Michigan Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed debated, and The Gateway Pundit presented clips it said showed Rogers performing well. The article highlights attacks on El-Sayed and a clip in which he declines to choose between Israel and Iran as the greater threat to the United States.

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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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