Rogers blasts El-Sayed on 9/11 while his own votes opposed first responder benefits
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers attacked opponent over 9/11 tweets while his voting record shows opposition to major first responder healthcare legislation.
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- Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican Senate candidate, attacked opponent Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11 tweets while his voting record shows opposition to major first responder healthcare legislation.
- Rogers voted against the 2010 James Zadroga Act, which provided healthcare for 9/11 first responders and survivors, arguing it jeopardized US financial health.
- 9/11 first responder John Feal says Rogers dismissed responder health concerns as a "New York problem" and questioned where funding would come from.
- Rogers also falsely claimed in a campaign email to have witnessed Osama bin Laden's body, which the Guardian reports he could not have done.
“Whatever member of Congress voted against this bill, whether Republican or Democrat, should go to jail for manslaughter.”
John Feal, 9/11 first responder · CBS News (quoted in The Guardian) ↗ · Dec 31
Mike Rogers Michigan Republican US Senate candidate
Abdul El-Sayed Democratic opponent in Michigan Senate raceJohn Feal 9/11 first responder and advocate for responder benefits
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Guardian reports Rogers' votes against first responder benefits amid campaign attacks
The Guardian publishes reporting that Rogers, now a Michigan Republican Senate candidate, voted against the Zadroga Act and other first responder benefit legislation while currently attacking his Democratic opponent El-Sayed over 9/11 comments. The piece highlights a contradiction in Rogers' record on 9/11 first responder support.
“jeopardizes the financial health of the United States…”
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Wow this should be all over the news. Hasan Piker, who is Abdul El-Sayed’s top political advisor, said Abdul can’t say the truth about 9/11 because he’s running for US Senate. In other words, Hasan Piker said Abdul agrees with him that America deserved 9/11. Disqualifying.
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Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers repeatedly voted to block healthcare benefits for 9/11 first responders and veterans while he served in Congress. He voted against healthcare funding for 9/11 heroes' cancer treatment on 4 separate occasions.
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9/11 first responder John Feal criticizes Rogers' record — John Feal, a 9/11 first responder who lost part of his foot at Ground Zero, told the Guardian he personally discussed the Zadroga legislation with Rogers on the House floor. Feal said Rogers called first responders' health issues a "New York problem" and questioned where funding would come from. Feal criticized the Republican approach to supporting first responders.
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Rogers sends campaign email attacking El-Sayed over 9/11 comments
Rogers sent an email to supporters criticizing opponent Abdul El-Sayed over 9/11-related tweets. In the email, Rogers falsely suggested El-Sayed, who is Muslim, said the US deserved the attack. Rogers also claimed in bold type that he personally saw Osama bin Laden's body, a false claim—he was neither in Pakistan during the 2011 raid nor in the White House Situation Room.
“I saw the dead body of Osama bin Laden with my own eyes, knowing that together, we had delivered justice for America.”
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Hasan Piker is a terrorist. Not only does he think Americans deserved 9/11, he also says Americans don't care that 3,000 people were slaughtered and 6,000 more died from toxic dust. No wonder he and Abdul Sayed are friends. Just soulless freaks.
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Rogers votes against James Zadroga Act for 9/11 first responders — Rogers voted against the 2010 James Zadroga Act, which funded healthcare for 9/11 first responders and survivors. The act treated and monitored 40,000 people exposed to toxic conditions at Ground Zero and covered treatment for over 50 types of cancer. Rogers argued the bill "jeopardizes the financial health of the United States." He was one of 157 Republicans opposed, though 17 GOP members broke ranks to support it; the bill ultimately passed.
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Rogers votes against veterans healthcare and first responder funding — Rogers voted against adding additional funding for veterans' healthcare and first responders to a bill that compensated NYC schools for 9/11-related expenses.