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Mike Rogers and Haley Stevens
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers waded into controversy, urging Mayor Mike Duggan to call President Donald Trump and request the deployment of the National Guard to Detroit to combat crime. Congresswoman Haley Stevens, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, quickly responded, calling the suggestion "wrong."
“The numbers don’t lie: Detroit has become a hub for violent crime,” Rogers said in a statement on his website. “And these aren’t just statistics–they’re people and families, whose lives have been flipped upside down because they aren’t even safe in their own community anymore. We have got to make our cities safe again. The Mayor of Detroit should be on the phone with the President now calling for backup.”
A statement on his website also said:
Within just two weeks of President Trump bringing the National Guard to D.C., violent crime plummeted 32%. While Democrats across the country refuse the President’s help to follow suit and protect their own communities, Mike Rogers is calling to Make Detroit Safe Again.
Stevens issued a statement in response Thursday evening:
“Mike Rogers just called to deploy the National Guard to Detroit. Was wrong in ‘67 and it’s wrong now. This is exactly why I introduced a bill to stop Trump's abuse of power, because this chaos won’t stop in someone else’s community. It’ll come to ours unless we do something.”
Read Rogers' full statement below:
As President Trump takes bold action to make American cities safe again, Army veteran, former federal law enforcement officer, and Trump-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers urges the Mayor of Detroit to call the President for backup.
Detroit ranks second in the nation for violent crime and soars far above the national average on every barometer, including murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. President Trump’s success in Washington D.C. is proof that we can bring violent crime, like what we’re seeing in Detroit, to a halt. Within just two weeks of President Trump bringing the National Guard to D.C., violent crime plummeted 32%. While Democrats across the country refuse the President’s help to follow suit and protect their own communities, Mike Rogers is calling to Make Detroit Safe Again.
“The numbers don’t lie: Detroit has become a hub for violent crime,” said Rogers. “And these aren’t just statistics–they’re people and families, whose lives have been flipped upside down because they aren’t even safe in their own community anymore. We have got to make our cities safe again. The Mayor of Detroit should be on the phone with the President now calling for backup.”
As a former federal law enforcement officer, Mike Rogers spent years working with state and local law enforcement to protect victims, bust gangsters, and clear criminals off the streets. He remains committed to keeping our communities safe.
