Kentucky Senator Rand Paul slammed former President Trump on Monday for endorsing former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers’s (R-MI) Senate bid, calling the former congressman the “worst Deep State candidate this cycle.”
“Donald Trump just endorsed the worst Deep State candidate this cycle. @MikeRogersForMI is a never Trumper and a card-carrying member of the spy state that seeks to destroy Trump,” Paul posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
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“You have to ask yourself, who gives Trump this awful advice? Who’s next, John Bolton?” he asked, referring to Trump’s former national security adviser, who has become one of the former president’s harshest critics.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate GOP primary on Monday.
Rogers, who was recruited to run by the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), is one of three former congressmen vying for the party nomination to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
In a Truth Social post, Trump endorsed Rogers and called him a “highly respected former [c]ongressman.”
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“Mike has served his Country during a career loaded up with accolades and wins, from the Army to Congress, and now, hopefully, the U.S. Senate,” Trump wrote. “Mike will work closely with me to enact our America First Policies. He will tirelessly fight to Secure the Border, Stop Inflation, Grow the Economy, Strengthen our Military / Veteran Support, and Protect and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Mike Rogers will be a Great and Powerful Senator for Michigan, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement. HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN!”
Former Republican Reps. Peter Meijer and Justin Amash, who both voted to impeach Trump, are also running in the Michigan Senate primary. Amash, who left the Republican Party in 2019, most recently jumped in the race on Feb. 29.
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“Thank you, Mr. President! Excited to get to work with you to Get America and Michigan Back on Track!,” Rogers told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.
Rogers has also received support from former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who suspended his own Senate campaign on Feb. 13, as well as Republican Sens. Steve Daines of Montana, Katie Britt of Alabama, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, and Joni Ernst of Iowa.
According to a Marketing Research Group poll released Feb. 24, the former congressman is leading the field with 23% support, followed by Meijer at 7% and businessman Sandy Pensler at 2%.
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An EPIC-MRA survey published on Feb 21 found Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the frontrunner for her party’s Senate primary, leading Rogers by only one point for a potential general election rematch.
The Cook Political Report currently characterizes the open seat as in the “Lean D” column for 2024.
According to the RealClearPolitics average, Trump is currently leading President Joe Biden by 3.6 points in the battleground state. The former president won Michigan in 2016 but narrowly lost to Biden the following cycle by just 154,000 votes.
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