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Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers

Mike Rogers, a Republican, is a 2026 U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015, including a stint as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. A former FBI special agent, he worked as National Security Agency director under President Donald Trump before retiring in 2018. He ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2024, losing to Elissa Slotkin. 

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Mike Rogers
stated on September 24, 2026 in a TV interview:
Abdul El-Sayed “could not condemn the terrorist who tried to attack and kill 140 Jewish children right here in Michigan.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • October 1, 2026
Mike Rogers
stated on September 23, 2026 in an X post:
“Abdul El-Sayed supports defunding the police and emptying prisons.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • September 28, 2026
Mike Rogers
stated on August 5, 2026 in a campaign statement:
Abdul El-Sayed “believes America deserved 9/11.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • August 7, 2026
Mike Rogers
stated on October 14, 2024 in a debate:
“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 18, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on August 27, 2024 in a campaign rally:
Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted recently to let illegals vote in U.S. elections.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • September 3, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post:
Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.”
False
By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024
Mike Rogers
stated on January 12, 2016 in a roundtable discussion on CNN:
“Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans.”
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 21, 2016
Mike Rogers
stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“Thousands of Westerners and Americans” are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • June 18, 2014
Mike Rogers
stated on May 8, 2014 in an article published by Politico:
Says Rep. Justin Amash “votes more with the Democrats than with the Republicans.”
False
By Steve Contorno • May 13, 2014
Mike Rogers
stated on March 2, 2014 in in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday":
Crimea was part of Russia “until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine.”
True
By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Mike Rogers
stated on November 3, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was “collecting information to protect America” because it was “unseemly,” but that move led to “millions and millions” of deaths in World War II.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2013
Mike Rogers
stated on June 16, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The IRS scandal “clearly showed some criminal behavior.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 19, 2013
Mike Rogers
stated on June 9, 2013 in an interview on ABC’s "This Week":
“It’s expressly prohibited by law that you can read and wholly surveil domestic email traffic in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • June 13, 2013
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Latest Fact-Checks About Mike Rogers

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on June 14, 2026 in an X post:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • July 2, 2026
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 30, 2024 in a Meta ad:
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 11, 2024 in a TV ad:
Mike Rogers supported “laws that could eliminate IVF and birth control.”
Half-True
By Caleb McCullough • September 13, 2024
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