{"id":2326888,"date":"2024-08-19T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rogers-urges-trump-to-avoid-harris-personal-attacks-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:38:28","slug":"mike-rogers-urges-trump-to-avoid-harris-personal-attacks-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-rogers-urges-trump-to-avoid-harris-personal-attacks-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rogers urges Trump to avoid Harris personal attacks- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-rogers-urges-trump-to-avoid-harris-personal-attacks-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326888&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mike \u2064Rogers,\u200b the\u2064 GOP\u200c nominee for the Senate in Michigan, \u2062has \u2064advised \u200cformer President Donald Trump to refrain from personal attacks\u2062 on Vice President Kamala Harris. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-mum-on-whether-biden-will-debate-in-2024-election\/\" title=\"Democrats silent on Biden&#039;s participation in 2024 debates.\">recent press call<\/a>, Rogers emphasized the \u2062importance \u2062of focusing on\u2064 real-life \u200csolutions to address issues like illegal immigration, crime, and inflation, which he believes are\u200c more relevant to voters. This\u2062 plea \u200bcomes as Trump has made controversial comments about Harris, labeling\u200c her \u2064with derogatory names and questioning her \u200cintelligence.\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Rogers, facing a tight race against Democratic Representative Elissa\u200b Slotkin, expressed concern that Trump\u2019s \u2064personal remarks\u2063 are detracting from their campaign&#8217;s \u200bbroader message. While Trump defends his right to criticize Harris personally, Rogers pointed out that much of Trump\u2019s\u2062 actual campaign messaging revolves \u200caround important economic topics, though \u200bthe media often highlights his more inflammatory statements. Trump is scheduled to visit Michigan to discuss crime and public safety amid ongoing\u2064 tensions related to \u2063recent rallies in the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Rogers urges Trump to avoid Harris personal attacks: &lsquo;Offer real-life solutions&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1732180\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Michigan&rsquo;s GOP nominee for Senate gently urged former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3125066\/harris-and-trump-steal-from-each-others-playbooks-on-economic-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> to focus on the everyday problems facing voters as leading Republicans worry his personal attacks on Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3125605\/house-democrats-seize-harris-momentum-swing-district-ad-blitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> are distracting from their attempts to define her.<\/p>\n<p>The advice from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3112914\/battle-set-michigan-senate-seat-slotkin-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Rogers\">Mike Rogers<\/a>, offered to reporters during a Monday press call, came as Trump lobs controversial and headline-grabbing insults at Harris despite pleas that he keep his message focused to policy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The best way for us to win is to offer real-life solutions to people&rsquo;s real-life problems&rdquo; on topics such as illegal immigration, crime, and inflation, Rogers said when asked about Trump&rsquo;s recent comments. &ldquo;I always think that&rsquo;s the best focus for us because it impacts every single Michigan citizen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rogers, a former congressman who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, is facing Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in a race for Michigan&rsquo;s open Senate seat that could determine control of the upper chamber and is likely to be affected by the top of the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>At a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, Trump called Harris a &ldquo;lunatic&rdquo; and a &ldquo;crazy person,&rdquo; mocked her laugh, and told supporters he was &ldquo;better looking than she is.&rdquo; He has repeatedly questioned her intelligence and, earlier this month, stoked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsins-ex-governor-has-four-rules-for-trump-to-win-the-state-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Wisconsin&#039;s ex-governor has four rules for Trump to win the state - Washington Examiner\">dayslong news cycle<\/a> when he falsely claimed she faked her black identity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the case to reporters last week at a news conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, that he&rsquo;s &ldquo;entitled to personal attacks&rdquo; because he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;have a lot of respect for her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have a lot of respect for her intelligence, and I think she&rsquo;ll be a terrible president. And I think it is very important that we win. And whether the personal attacks are good, bad &mdash; I mean, she certainly attacks me personally. She actually called me weird. &lsquo;He&rsquo;s weird,&#8217;&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s not smart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rogers laid some blame on the media for what he described as a disproportionate focus on Trump&rsquo;s negative and personal remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think if you listen to the last couple of speeches of the president, 98% of it is about the economy, it&rsquo;s about illegal immigration, it&rsquo;s about the cost of gas and energy and groceries,&rdquo; Rogers said. &ldquo;The problem, I guess, with today&rsquo;s media environment is the one thing that he does say that people don&rsquo;t like gets the most attention.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump is set to visit Howell, Michigan, on Tuesday to talk about crime and public safety as part of a broader campaign blitz to battleground states across the country this week to counterprogram the Democratic National Convention, where Harris will formally accept her party&rsquo;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The trip has been criticized by the Harris campaign and Democrats for coming just a month after white supremacists rallied in the town, which has been associated with the Ku Klux Klan because of rallies the supremacy group staged there in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers rejected such criticism, saying the small group of racists who recently gathered there shouldn&rsquo;t have claim over an entire town. He also highlighted the recent case of a 26-year-old who was in the United States illegally who pleaded guilty to third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-sexual-assailant-fatally-shot-after-attacking-deputies-with-hatchet\/\" title=\"Convicted Sexual Assailant Fatally Shot After Attacking Deputies with Hatchet\">-degree criminal sexual conduct<\/a> on a 15-year-old girl. The migrant, <a href=\"https:\/\/mdocweb.state.mi.us\/OTIS2\/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=786768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alan Nievas-Garnica\">Alan Nievas-Garnica<\/a>, faces 18 months to a maximum of 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump is set to speak at the Livingston County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office, the county where the crime took place.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some notion that that&rsquo;s tied to racism is absolute absurdity. A few racists that gather in any town in America shouldn&rsquo;t take that town,&rdquo; Rogers said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s [Democrats&rsquo;] default position. &lsquo;Well, that must be racist,&rsquo; because they cannot talk about what they did not do when they were in power, and they want a second chance. So, I&rsquo;m glad that Trump&rsquo;s here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1732180\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1732180\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Rogers, the GOP nominee for Senate in Michigan, has advised former President Donald Trump to steer clear of personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris. He emphasized the importance of addressing the real issues that voters face, as many Republicans are concerned that Trump&#8217;s insults are diverting attention from their efforts to characterize Harris. During a press call on Monday, Rogers stated, &#8220;The best way for us to win is to offer real-life solutions to people\u2019s real-life problems,&#8221; highlighting topics like illegal immigration, crime, and inflation. <\/p>\n<p>Rogers is running against Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in a crucial race for Michigan&#8217;s open Senate seat that could influence control of the Senate and may be impacted by Trump&#8217;s campaign activities. Over the weekend at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump referred to Harris as a &#8220;lunatic&#8221; and made various derogatory comments about her appearance and intelligence. He defended his right to make personal attacks by expressing his lack of respect for her.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers also pointed out that media coverage tends to focus disproportionately on Trump&#8217;s negative remarks rather than his discussions about pressing issues like the economy and immigration. As part of his campaign efforts this week\u2014coinciding with the Democratic National Convention where Harris will accept her nomination\u2014Trump plans to visit Howell, Michigan, which has faced criticism due to its historical association with white supremacist rallies.<\/p>\n<p>In response to criticisms regarding this visit following recent racist gatherings in Howell, Rogers dismissed such claims as absurd and argued that a few individuals should not define an entire community. He expressed support for Trump\u2019s presence there while emphasizing ongoing concerns related to crime involving undocumented immigrants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2326889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mike-rogers-trump-personal-attacks-harris.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,37696,3634],"class_list":["post-2326888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-mike-rogers","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mike-rogers-trump-personal-attacks-harris.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}