前众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers，共和党-密歇根州）在周日接受NBC《与媒体见面》（Meet the Press）节目采访时，回避了关于他是否认同“MAGA共和党人”标签的问题，也拒绝阐明自己对特朗普总统针对加拿大征收的争议性关税的立场。罗杰斯正在为密歇根州参议员竞选做准备，将面对民主党候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）的激烈挑战。
Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) dodged questions on whether he identifies as a MAGA-Republican and avoided clarifying his position on President Trump’s controversial tariffs against Canada ahead of his competitive race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Senate race. During a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Rogers was asked if he considered himself a MAGA Republican.
当主持人克里斯滕·韦尔克（Kristen Welker）询问他是否认为自己是“MAGA共和党人”时，罗杰斯回应说：“听着，我要告诉你们，我理解你们全国媒体的做法，但这让我有点反感。”他补充称，密歇根州民主党前主席拒绝支持埃尔-赛义德的竞选。
“Listen, I’m going to tell you this is, I get you guys on the national press, but this is a little bit disgusting to me,” Rogers told host Kristen Welker, adding that a former Michigan Democratic Party chair declined to back El-Sayed’s bid. The former lawmaker was asked again if he identified with the label.
韦尔克再次追问他是否认同该标签。罗杰斯表示：“让我——我要再重申一遍。之所以我们在底特律、弗林特和庞蒂亚克获得支持，是因为我们深入当地讨论议题、倾听他们的需求和未来，而[埃尔-赛义德]对他们来说太极端了。全国媒体没人想谈论这个。我们邀请你们来密歇根，和这些人谈谈。”
“Let me-I’m going to go right back through this. There is a reason we have support from people in Detroit and Flint and Pontiac, because we’re there talking about issues, talking about their needs and future, and [El-Sayed] is too extreme for them,” Rogers stated. “Nobody wants to talk about it in the national press. We invite you to come to Michigan, talk to some of these people.”
在采访早些时候，韦尔克询问了罗杰斯此前呼吁结束与加拿大持续贸易战的言论，问道：“如果你当选，你会投票废除特朗普总统的一些关税吗？”罗杰斯回答说：“嗯，同样，最好的办法是走进去说，‘我们能不能把这事解决了？’我可以给你们举个我是怎么做到的绝佳例子。”随后他详细讲述了自己推动阻止加拿大垃圾车向美国倾倒垃圾的经历。
Earlier in the interview, Welker asked Rogers about a past comment he made calling for an end to the ongoing trade war with Canada, saying, “If you were elected, would you vote to repeal some of President Trump’s tariffs?”“Well, again, the best way to do this is walk in and say, ‘Can we work this out?’ And I’ll give you a great example of how I’ve done that,” Rogers said, detailing his push to stop Canadian garbage trucks from dumping trash in the U.S.
“但如果你要征收关税，那就对填满我们垃圾填埋场的这些垃圾征税吧，它们来自世界第三大国土面积国家，”他继续说道。“你知道，这些加拿大关税中的汽车部分让我有点担心，我们将回去处理这些问题，争取一些缓解，确保这对密歇根州有利，而不是有害。还有其他关税。” 几项9月份的民调显示，埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势领先罗杰斯。
“But if you’re going to tariff anything, tariff this trash that’s filling up our landfills from what is the third largest landmass country in the world,” he continued. “You know the automobile portion of these Canadian tariffs worries me a little bit, and we’re going to go back and work through those issues to get some relief to make sure that it’s good for Michigan, not bad for Michigan. There are other tariffs.”Several polls from September show El-Sayed with a narrow lead over Rogers.
《国会山报》的合作伙伴Decision Desk HQ预测，这位民主党人有67%的几率赢得因参议员加里·彼得斯（民主党-密歇根州）退休而空出的席位。
Decision Desk HQ, The Hill’s partner, forecasts that the Democrat has a 67 percent chance of winning the seat left open by retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).
特朗普周日前往密歇根州，试图提振罗杰斯的胜算，但这能否缩小两位候选人之间的差距尚不清楚。
Trump headed to Michigan on Sunday in an effort to boost Rogers’s chances though it is unclear if that will help close the gap between the candidates.