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President Donald Trump endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers because the Republican tries once more to win a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.
Rogers, who misplaced the Wolverine State’s 2024 U.S. Senate contest to then-Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, mounted one other U.S. Senate bid earlier this yr.
Calling the candidate an “America First Patriot,” the president gave the candidate his stamp of approval in a Thursday Reality Social submit, writing, “Mike Rogers has my Full and Complete Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”
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Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes arms with U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan, as Rogers takes the stage to talk throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Suburban Assortment Showplace in Novi, Mich., Oct. 26, 2024 (DREW ANGERER/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Trump beforehand endorsed Rogers in 2024, earlier than Rogers went on to win within the Republican U.S. Senate major.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., staunchly opposed Trump’s endorsement of Rogers in 2024.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., throughout a Senate Well being, Schooling, Labor, and Pensions Committee listening to in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 (Eric Lee/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
“Donald Trump simply endorsed the worst Deep State candidate this cycle,” Paul declared in a 2024 submit on X. “@MikeRogersForMI is a by no means Trumper, and a card carrying member of the spy state that seeks to destroy Trump. You must ask your self who provides Trump this terrible recommendation? Who’s subsequent, John Bolton?”
Minutes later, Paul added in one other submit, “If he’s good with Mike Rogers (R-Deep State), possibly he ought to decide Liz Cheney for VP?”
TRUMP ENDORSES GOP SENATOR YEARS AFTER ASSERTING ‘I WILL NEVER ENDORSE THIS JERK AGAIN’
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump greets Michigan GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate Mike Rogers throughout a rally at Saginaw Valley State College on Oct. 3, 2024 in Saginaw, Mich. ( Scott Olson/Getty Pictures)
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Rogers served within the U.S. Home of Representatives for seven phrases spanning from early 2001 by way of early 2015.
