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FIRST ON FOX: The GOP Senate superior successful battleground Michigan is becoming much combative arsenic a affluent capitalist making his 2nd bid for bureau is pouring large bucks into a large statewide advertisement blitz that takes purpose astatine the front-runner successful the race, who's backed by erstwhile President Trump.
And a caller run commercialized from businessman Sandy Pensler, which launches statewide connected Monday successful Michigan, hits former Rep. Mike Rogers for his relation a decennary agone arsenic seat of the House Intelligence Committee successful the legislature probe into the deaths of a U.S. ambassador and 3 different Americans successful the Sept. 11, 2012, violent onslaught connected the U.S. Consulate successful Benghazi, Libya.
The ad, shared archetypal with Fox News connected Monday, is the latest from the deep-pocketed entrepreneur who's self-funding his Senate bid. The spot is portion of what Pensler's run says is simply a seven-figure advertisement bargain connected broadcast and cablegram TV and digital.
Rogers, a erstwhile FBI peculiar cause earlier serving successful Congress, enjoys the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which is the run limb of the Senate GOP. And successful March, Rogers landed the endorsement of Trump, the party's presumptive statesmanlike nominee. Rogers has teamed up with the erstwhile president doubly successful the past period astatine Trump run events successful the important Great Lakes plaything state.
TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE AIMS TO FLIP DEMOCRAT HELD SEAT IN KEY SENATE BATTLEGROUND
Former President Trump listens arsenic Michigan Senate campaigner and erstwhile Rep. Mike Rogers speaks astatine a run rally successful Freeland, Michigan, connected May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Besides Rogers and Pensler, the crowded GOP superior tract besides includes erstwhile Rep. Justin Amash. The eventual Republican nominee volition apt look disconnected successful November with Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin successful the contention to win longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election this year.
The spot is 1 of a fistful that Republicans are aiming to flip from bluish to reddish successful November arsenic they propulsion to regain the Senate bulk they mislaid successful the 2020 cycle.
The 30-second advertisement alleges that Rogers helped Hillary Clinton screen up cardinal facts involving the Benghazi attack. Clinton was caput of authorities successful then-President Obama's medication astatine the clip of the onslaught successful which Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, U.S. Foreign Service serviceman Sean Smith and 2 CIA contractors were killed.
The narrator successful the Pensler spot calls the onslaught "Hillary Clinton's worst scandal" and charges that "Mike Rogers helped Hillary screen it up."
WHAT HAPPENED DURING AND AFTER THE 2012 BENGHAZI ATTACK
The advertisement includes a video clip of Kris Paronto, a erstwhile Army Ranger who was 1 of a fistful of CIA contracted guards defending the consulate during the attack. Paronto and chap guards said successful a publication that they were told to basal down by CIA and State Department officials for 20 minutes portion the onslaught was unfolding.
"I looked Mike Rogers successful the eyes and said that if we would person not been delayed, we would person saved the ambassador’s life," Paronto says successful the clip.
The spot's narrator says that "Rogers called our soldiers liars."
Rogers is past heard successful an audio clip saying that "it’s conscionable each nonsense. This didn’t hap the mode they said backmost then."
The study from the heavy polarized House Permanent Select Committee connected Intelligence investigation into Benghazi spotlighted that bureaucratic and interagency blunders contributed to the Americans' deaths but didn't specifically blasted Clinton oregon immoderate different American officials.
"The Obama administration's White House and State Department actions before, during, and aft the Benghazi violent onslaught connected September 11, 2012, ranged from incompetence to deplorable governmental manipulation successful the midst of an predetermination season," Rogers wrote successful an op-ed portion pursuing the work of the report.
Pensler's commercialized is his 2nd successful a week. The erstwhile ad, which went up arsenic Rogers joined Trump astatine a rally successful Michigan, targeted Slotkin for failing to condemn Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for arguable comments the far-left "Squad" House subordinate made astir the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas.
"Rashida and Elissa, you person nary motivation compass," Pensler says successful the ad. "You’re an embarrassment to Michigan and America."
6 KEY SENATE SEATS REPUBLICANS AIM TO FLIP IN NOVEMBER
As they enactment to triumph a Senate election successful Michigan for the archetypal clip successful 3 decades, Republicans were hoping to debar a perchance costly and combustible primary, particularly with Slotkin facing small contention for the Democrat nomination.
Former Rep. Peter Meijer precocious ended his campaign, and erstwhile Detroit Police Chief James Craig dropped retired of the contention successful February.
But Pensler is vowing to tally ads consecutive done the Aug. 6 primary.
Entrepreneur and capitalist Sandy Pensler is making his 2nd bid for the Republican Senate information successful the cardinal battleground authorities of Michigan.
"He’s going to walk a superior amount," Pensler run elder advisor Stu Sandler told Fox News. "We’re conscionable going to support putting them connected the air."
NRSC spokesperson Mike Berg said the committee would "do what it takes" to marque definite Rogers is the party's nominee.
And NRSC Chair Sen. Steve Daines of Montana said during a caller Christian Science Monitor meal successful the nation's superior that "I deliberation the Trump endorsement of Mike Rogers truly seals the woody successful that primary."
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But Sandler, who was NRSC governmental manager past rhythm erstwhile Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was steering the committee, said "the Michigan voters are going to determine this."
The NRSC had a hands-off argumentation successful GOP Senate primaries successful the 2022 cycle, which galore blamed for a fistful of divisive superior battles that critics said contributed to the party's nonaccomplishment astatine winning backmost the Senate majority.
This cycle, Daines and the NRSC person been hands-on, elevating candidates and mostly avoiding nasty primaries.
When it comes to Trump, Pensler's run says its campaigner is simply a large protagonist of the erstwhile president.
This is Pensler's 2nd tally for the Senate GOP information successful Michigan. He mislaid his 2018 bid to now-Rep. John James aft James ran ads attacking Pensler for slamming Trump "behind closed doors."
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