In Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, it’s ‘Trump sock puppet’ versus ‘fringe extremist’

Abdul El-Sayed had spent five minutes talking about Mike Rogers’ willingness to accept corporate donations, Rogers’ multi-million-dollar net worth, the fact that he’d left Michigan for Florida before returning to run for Senate. Then he went after Rogers’ weak spot. “It’s not just Mike Rogers on his own terms,” said El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, standing at a podium in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue Wednesday afternoon. “It’s that Mike Rogers is signing on to be a sock puppet for Donald Trump, a man who has made, between him and his family, $2.2 billion…