El-Sayed, Rogers trade barbs, accusations during first televised U.S. Senate debate

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Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed held their first Michigan Senate debate Thursday in Grand Rapids, covering healthcare, tariffs, the Iran war and surveillance before collapsing into personal attacks on wealth, donors and campaign honesty.

Rogers called El-Sayed 'the best con man' he's seen and alleged ties to Schumer, Soros and the Muslim Brotherhood; El-Sayed countered that Rogers only ran because Trump asked him to and accused him of flip-flopping on Canadian tariffs as his polling sagged. Rogers said he'd made calls this week to resolve the trade dispute.

The two also sparred over real estate, with Rogers calling El-Sayed a Dubai property owner and El-Sayed calling Rogers' Florida house a 'McMansion' he pulled off the market, plus a yacht dispute Rogers denied. Moderator Rick Albin called a commercial break when things got too heated, and the two reportedly kept arguing off camera.

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Michigan voters tuned in hoping to hear about their health insurance and their jobs and got two grown men arguing over whose house is bigger. Rogers says a few phone calls this week fixed the tariff mess, which is a handy thing to discover a month before an election. The best part is they kept at it after the cameras went off, so at least that much of the show was sincere.

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