Michigan Senate debate erupts into personal attacks as Rogers, El-Sayed clash over Israel, Iran and more

Fox News, CBS News and the Daily Wire report that Michigan's Senate race produced a bitter first face-to-face meeting Thursday night in Grand Rapids, where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers spent much of the hour trading insults. The contest, which could help decide Senate control, is to fill the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, according to CBS News, which says most polls show it razor-thin. The Daily Wire cites the RealClearPolitics average giving El-Sayed a 3-point edge with 25 days left, according to Fox News · CBS News.

Rogers questioned whether El-Sayed is truly a physician, while El-Sayed said Rogers had enriched himself through corporate ties, Fox News says. CBS News adds that both men favored pausing the gas tax and criticized the tariff fight with Canada, but split on Iran, with El-Sayed attacking the war and Rogers saying it should be wrapped up. Asked whether Iran or Israel is the larger danger, El-Sayed called the premise a "ridiculous hypothetical." Rogers faulted him for issuing no statement on the October 7 anniversary; El-Sayed said he had condemned the attack.

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