Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers faces questions on MAGA label and tariffs, and attacks El-Sayed

Mike Rogers, a former Michigan congressman, ex-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, discussed his November race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in two separate interviews. On NBC's "Meet the Press" on a Sunday, he was asked whether he considers himself a MAGA Republican and did not directly answer. He also avoided clarifying his position on President Trump's tariffs on Canada. On "Breitbart News Saturday," Rogers said his campaign is drawing support from longtime Democratic voters. He raised concerns about El-Sayed's alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood and his national security positions. Rogers cited a 2012 letter El-Sayed signed about Mohamed Morsi, who became Egypt's president that year. Rogers said the letter backed the Muslim Brotherhood and urged it to purge the police and press. He also pointed to El-Sayed's earlier leadership role in the University of Michigan's Muslim Student Association. He said the Brotherhood praised El-Sayed's August primary win on its website. Rogers said the contest is about how people think, not how they pray.

Right-leaning Breitbart leads with an exclusive interview. Its headline carries Rogers' warning about El-Sayed's ideology and the "heart and soul of America." The piece is built almost entirely from Rogers' own words: his family's military service, the Morsi letter, the student association and the Brotherhood's reaction to the primary. The excerpt does not mention the MAGA question or tariffs. Left-leaning Raw Story, whose available text is only a headline and a writer bio, instead centers on a "Meet the Press" exchange that it says went off the rails over a MAGA question, with a phrase suggesting Rogers was not answering. It offers no details about El-Sayed. Both sides cover Rogers in the Michigan race, but the right presents Rogers' message and his case against his opponent, while the left presents Rogers under questioning. The Hill's account largely matches the left, adding the Canada tariffs point.