Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed set for first Michigan Senate debate
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The Facts
- Republican Mike Rogers is running against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat.
- Rogers and El-Sayed are scheduled to hold their first debate Thursday night in Grand Rapids.
- WOOD-TV is hosting the hourlong debate at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, with NewsNation carrying it nationally.
- Michigan’s Senate contest is among the nation’s competitive races for Senate control.
- Rogers has called for ending the U.S.-Canada tariff dispute.
- Rogers said ending the tariff dispute would help reduce costs for businesses and consumers.
- The candidates are scheduled to debate again in late October.
Context
Who is hosting the first debate?
WOOD-TV is hosting the hourlong event from its Grand Rapids studios. Political reporter Rick Albin and anchor Amber Krycka are set to moderate, and NewsNation will carry it nationally. Newsweek
Where Left and Right agree
Left and right largely agree on this one.
- What both sides accept
- Both sides agree Rogers is right that ending the U.S.-Canada tariff dispute would lower costs for Michigan businesses and consumers.
- Where Left and Right differ in emphasis
- The left and the right both want the tariff fight ended — they differ on why: accountability or basic economics.
How left and right read it
Left says
Tariff fights get waged above workers' heads, but the bill arrives at their grocery stores and job sites — which is why Rogers' concession that ending the U.S.-Canada dispute would cut costs for businesses and consumers matters, given he was backing those same tariffs as recently as August. Thursday's debate runs one hour. Does either answer name a trade policy that defends Michigan jobs and lowers prices at the same time?
“Rogers' ad was heavily mocked on social media because, as recently as August, he supported tariffs against Canada” — HuffPost
Right says
Prices are information, and a tariff fight scrambles the signal that tells a Michigan business what to build and a family what to buy. That is why Rogers is right that ending the U.S.-Canada dispute would lower costs for businesses and consumers. The hourlong Grand Rapids debate is his stage. Press the case, and press it again in late October.
Rogers' turnaround and basic economics now agree: ending the tariff fight cuts costs. What's left to argue is what that agreement proves.
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