Two Rogers Senate Campaign Staffers Listed as Registered Israel Agents, Report Says
Photo: The New RepublicTwo staffers on Republican Mike Rogers's Michigan Senate campaign are registered foreign agents for Israel, according to a Drop Site News report published Sunday. Campaign spokesperson Abigail Ronson, a former Mike Johnson staffer, registered in May, and Jesse Stokes has worked for the Israeli government since last October, the report said. Ronson is said to have helped arrange a Sunday press conference where Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed beat Stevens by one percentage point in the August primary. Filings from May list Ronson as working through HAVAS Media under Brad Parscale's Clocktower X LLC. Parscale, who managed Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, is a registered agent for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ronson is tied to the campaign through the strategy firm Convergence Media. The Rogers campaign did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The New Republic, on the left, leads with the two registered agents and centers Ronson's part in the Stevens press conference. It notes that Stevens had earlier told fellow Democrats she would back the party's nominee, spells out the legal definition of a foreign agent, and links Ronson to Convergence Media and Havas, which it calls a main vehicle for pro-Israel ads. The Daily Caller, on the right, uses a hedged lede (the staffers "appear to be" paid agents), notes Ronson standing behind the two politicians, and stresses AIPAC's tens of millions for Stevens and millions now for Rogers. It also details the Parscale connection and the campaign's silence. Both outlets rely on Drop Site's reporting; Drop Site's own piece names Stokes and stresses documents.
How the sides differ Left sources emphasize Ronson's role in Stevens's endorsement of Rogers and her firm ties; right sources stress AIPAC spending and the Parscale link, with hedged wording.
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The New Republic leads with the two registered agents on Rogers's campaign, focusing on Ronson's role in Stevens's endorsement, Stevens's earlier pledge to back El-Sayed, and Ronson's ties to Havas and Convergence Media.
Drop Site News, the original source, reports that Ronson and Stokes have worked for Israel's government since May and last October, respectively, while working on Rogers's campaign, citing documents.
The Daily Caller hedges that the staffers 'appear to be' paid agents, and adds AIPAC's spending for Stevens and Rogers, the Parscale and Clocktower X connection, and the Rogers campaign's lack of comment.