In case you missed it, the Detroit News endorsed Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate over far-left extremist conman Abdul El-Sayed. They praised Rogers' extensive experience as an Army veteran, former FBI street agent, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman while warning that El-Sayed has spent his campaign hanging out with a literal terrorist sympathizer.
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Detroit News Endorsement for U.S. Senator from Michigan
Detroit News
September 16, 2026
Mike Rogers is the prototype of a United States Senator.
He spent 14 years in the House of Representatives, rising to chair of the vital Intelligence Committee. The 63-year-old Republican left Congress at the end of 2014, having been elected to his House seat seven times by his mid-Michigan constituents. Rogers then embarked on a successful career in private industry, becoming an expert in cybersecurity.
He's also served his country as an officer in the U. S. Army and as an FBI agent assigned to the organized crime division. He is mature, trustworthy and more than prepared to sit at the table with national and world leaders.
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By contrast, his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, has a thin career background that contains little to recommend him for one of the nation's most powerful leadership jobs.
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While El-Sayed holds a medical degree and has described himself as a physician, he does not have a license to practice medicine.
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There is a bigger concern about El-Sayed: He has worked so hard covering his tracks leading up to this Senate race that it's impossible to know who he really is or where he would stand in the Senate.
He has deleted social media posts that reportedly called into question his attitude about America in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He's taken down roughly 100 YouTube videos that paint an unflattering picture of him and his cultural views. A candidate who feels the need to hide his past from voters is not someone who can be trusted to be the same person after Election Day as he was on the campaign trail.
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He also says he has no animosity toward Jews but has demurred on support for Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. Again, on this issue, his associations are telling. El-Sayed brought in Hasan Piker as a closer for his primary election campaign. Piker is a Twitch personality and a notorious antisemite. The Democratic congressional caucus is already awash in anti-Israel members; it doesn't need one more from Michigan.
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Mike Rogers is clearly the best choice for Michigan's U.S. Senate seat and gets our endorsement.
