Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin tangle over national security and tout bipartisan credentials in Michigan Senate debate
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers clashed over who would best represent Michigan during the first debate of their Senate race.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers clashed repeatedly here Tuesday over who would best represent their purple state in the first debate of their hotly contested Senate race.
The tone during their hourlong debate, hosted by NBC affiliate WOOD, was mostly civil. But there were several hostile moments, with both candidates accusing the other of lying about and misrepresenting their records.
Rogers, noting Slotkin’s background as a CIA analyst, said he was “not even sure she could pass the polygraph test [for] the CIA anymore.”
And after Rogers accused Slotkin of “huffing at the microphone” during a particularly contentious exchange about China, she fired back.
“It’s just sad that a guy who considers himself a national security guy can’t see that we need to work together on this issue — not lie, repeatedly,” Slotkin said. “Let’s get to work, man.”
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