You gotta be joking
Mike Rogers is pretending to be an expert in Michigan manufacturing by wearing a new Carhartt jacket.
Mike Rogers is now on the air with his newest commercial. He’s spending six figures on an ad buy to try to sell himself as some big champion for Michigan manufacturing.
I’m sorry for being blunt, but give me a freaking break.
Here’s the truth: Mike Rogers is a millionaire carpetbagger from Florida backed by out-of-state MAGA billionaires, and they’ll say anything to buy this seat for Trump’s agenda.
Rogers is NOT the guy who is going to look out for Michigan workers.
I’ve spent my career actually fighting for Michigan manufacturing. I served as chief of staff on President Obama’s auto rescue when people were ready to write off our state and our workers. I fought to protect good jobs, bring investment home, keep plants open, and stand up for the generations of working families who make Michigan what it is.
Mike Rogers is just a rich Florida guy in a brand-new Carhartt jacket pretending he understands Michigan grit.
Michigan manufacturing is not a campaign prop for a commercial. It is not a costume you put on for the cameras and then toss in the back seat of your SUV on the way to the airport back to Florida.
It is generations of people getting up before dawn, putting in an honest day’s work, and helping build this country.
It is calloused hands and shop floors and union halls.
It is pride.
It is who we are.
That’s why it makes me so damn angry to see people use Michigan manufacturing to score cheap political points without doing the work. Because this is not some talking point for a commercial to me – these are the people I love.
I was born and raised here. I grew up helping with my parents’ small landscaping business – covered in grime and learning a relentless work ethic.
Look, I’m not a millionaire. I don’t have a mansion in Florida like Mike Rogers. But I do have the lessons my parents taught me: work hard, look out for your community, and never forget where you came from.
That’s why Rogers’ ad bothers me so much. He’s borrowing the look of Michigan grit without any of the actual record to back it up.
That’s not how this works.
And the fact that he is already on the air this early tells you something, too. We are still six months away from Election Day, and national Republicans are already spending serious money to boost Rogers and define this race.
Why? Because they know Michigan matters. They know the road to Senate control runs right through this state.
They also know that if Michiganders get the full story about Millionaire Mike – and about the MAGA Texas oil billionaire backing him – they have a problem.
Let me just say plainly what I think is going on here:
Mike Rogers and the GOP think Michigan is for sale. They think if they spend enough money, run enough “manufacturing” ads, and put the right jacket on the right guy, they can buy themselves a Senate seat.
No.
Michiganders are smarter than that. People here can spot a fake.
This state I love deserves someone who has actually been in the fight for workers. It does not need somebody who flies in, films a commercial, and expects people to forget where he lives or who he serves.
And I, for one, am not going to stand by while somebody pretends to be for Michigan manufacturing while also standing with the same MAGA crowd that has made life harder for working people.
Michigan deserves the real thing. A fighter. That’s me. That’s why I’m in this.
More soon.
With grit,
Haley
A personal note from Haley 👋
I’m a lifelong Michigander and the daughter of small-business owners. I’ve spent my career fighting for Michigan’s working families – and now I’m running for the U.S. Senate to keep standing up for the people I love.
But here’s the truth: Senate control could come down to Michigan. And Trump and his megadonors know it. That’s why they’re gearing up to spend tens of millions to defeat me and hand this seat to a MAGA Republican.
I need your help to fight back. This race will be one of the most competitive – and expensive – in the country, and I’m counting on grassroots support to win.
If you’re with me, will you chip in today?