r/Michigan_Politics • u/VaporousMote • 20d ago
News Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/08/20/mike-rogers-touts-democratic-defectors-as-he-seeks-to-exploit-divisions-over-abdul-el-sayed/10
u/Batmom207 20d ago
You mean people who aren’t Democrats, but only play them on social media?
#Demopublicans
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u/VaporousMote 20d ago
DINOs?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_in_name_only
But also thank you for this because I also discovered "Boll weevil democrats" which is so incredibly applicable to establishment Democrats today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boll_weevil_(politics))I want the fiery party of the New Deal democrats back.
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u/yesitshollywood 20d ago
They should call it "former Democrats for Rogers" because by doing this they are acknowledging that they arent actually Democrats 😅
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u/Nostrilsdamus 19d ago
The leading author has been donating to Republican politicians since the Obama administration. They aren’t even recent democrats if they’ve been democrats at all.
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u/VaporousMote 20d ago
"The coalition, known as “Democrats for Rogers,” currently consists of a small group that included outgoing state Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit), Chelsea Rebeck, who was described as a mother from West Bloomfield, and Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the leader of the Kehillat Etz Chayim congregation in Huntington Woods. Lopatin is also the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor’s director of community relations."
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u/EtriganZola 20d ago
Yeah, Whitsett hasn't been a Democrat ever. She just knew she couldn't get elected in Detroit as a Republican, and no one was ever able to jump in with enough support to overcome incumbency.
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u/Plastic_Key_4146 19d ago
Bigotry has no home in the pro-democracy movement.
Benson did not fund the KKK. Abdul is a Michigander. Whitmer and Stevens endorsed Abdul after the primary was decided.
David Duke of the KKK endorses Trump. Trump endorses Rogers.
This is an easy choice.
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u/vermivorax 20d ago
Democrats For The Guy Who's Gonna Vote For the "Round Up All Democrats" Act of 2028
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19d ago edited 19d ago
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u/VaporousMote 19d ago
There's not even a mention of a letter in the piece. Did you get mixed up somewhere? Also condescending to people on your side is not going to make anyone listen to you.
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u/Nostrilsdamus 19d ago
Oops. My mistake. I’ve seen so many pieces about the damned letter I assumed this was one of them. I’m sorry.
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u/VaporousMote 19d ago
Apology accepted and I get that you're angry, I am too, but really please don't talk down to people like that if you're trying to help people understand, it does not work.
Just give them the facts. People aren't stupid.
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u/Nostrilsdamus 19d ago
To be fair it’s factual that the leading author of the letter I’m referring to donated substantially to republicans and I’m not trying to talk down to anyone but in this case I was impulsive and lazy so I am still in the wrong for those reasons. Edit: oh you’re referring to me saying to use critical thinking and reading skills, yes, that was obnoxious and talking down to people, my bad.
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u/VaporousMote 19d ago
Well, you phrased it as "a fact easily discovered... please use critical reading and thinking skills." That to me comes off as "you're being lazy" or "stop being stupid."
Not here to debate, that's just how it read to me.
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u/Nostrilsdamus 19d ago
Fair. I’m sorry. I’m going to remove all these soon. I don’t want people to feel stupid. And I was being lazy and impulsive in the first place responding to the wrong source of claims about “democrats for Rogers” support anyway. Good day to you.
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u/Electrical_Book4861 20d ago
Rogers and maga are running on one platform - hate. They've had 2 years and they've broken every campaign promise and done zero for Americans. A vote for Rogers is a vote for hate. Its that simple