Mike Rogers Silent As Trump Kills Michigan Jobs With Canada Trade War
Trump’s New 50% Tariffs With Canada Coming As Michiganders Already Paying Over $3200 A Year From Trump Tariffs—55% More Than National Average
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: “I’ll Fight For Real, Fair Trade Deals That Create Good-Paying Jobs For Michigan Workers And Prioritize Our Families Over Billionaires And Corporate Greed”
NBC News: Mike Rogers Campaign Silent On Whether He’d Vote To Repeal Trump Tariffs — Rogers Surrogate Fred Upton Says Trump’s Tariffs Will Cause “Tough Year” For MI GOP
MICHIGAN – New reporting from NBC News spells doom for Mike Rogers and Republicans across the country who are on the hook to defend Donald Trump’s disastrous trade war with Canada that is spiking costs for Michigan families.
“Donald Trump is launching this trade war for his own vanity, and he’s asking Michigan families to pay the price. Michiganders were already paying over $3200 a year for tariffs—over 50% more than the rest of the country because we share a border with Canada—and we have a president who cares more about his ego and saber-rattling than addressing the affordability crisis,” said Abdul. “Trump has been failing Michigan through these chaotic tariffs and bad trade deals for far too long. Mike Rogers won’t do anything but rubber stamp them. When I’m in the United States Senate, I’ll fight for real, fair trade deals that create good-paying jobs for Michigan workers and prioritize our families over billionaires and corporate greed.”
REMINDER
- Michiganders are already paying $3200 a year due to Trump trade wars and are being squeezed by tariffs more than anywhere in the country, paying 55% higher than the national average.
- Rogers has championed Trump’s reckless tariffs, which he has called “masterful” and “an absolute win,” falsely claimed that Michigan had gained manufacturing jobs due to Trump’s tariff regime, and spread a bogus claim that Trump’s tariffs would result in “$2,000 dividend checks” for Michiganders while “paying down the national debt,” both of which haven’t happened.
- Rogers has repeatedly dismissed Michiganders’ concerns about tariff price hikes. In response to concerns about tariffs spiking the cost of groceries, Rogers said “Oh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror.” In response to concerns about how tariffs were spiking costs for Michigan families and businesses, Rogers said “The shoe is going to pinch every once in a while.”
- Rogers has a deep record of selling out Michigan workers. “Rogers also voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a law to prevent sex-based wage discrimination in the workplace, in 2007 and 2009. In 2008 and 2009, Rogers voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would have combated wage discrimination in the workplace.”
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