MI-SEN: Mike Rogers wants cops to monitor Detroit election workers
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers said recently he wants off-duty or retired police officers to be recruited as poll watchers in Detroit ― a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color.
The Detroit News obtained an audio recording of Rogers, a former seven-term congressman from White Lake Township, speaking to the Kalamazoo County GOP on April 17, where he told those gathered that he was working with the Republican National Committee in relation to voter integrity efforts.
"We called the RNC early and said, 'Hey, if we're going to do this again, I don't want to wake up at, you know, go to bed at 2 a.m. a winner and wake up at 4 a.m. a loser. I'm kind of done with that,'" said Rogers.
"And I've been telling them, 'You know what, let's put police officers — retired or off-duty police officers— as our poll watchers in Detroit.' Because, go ahead: Try to intimidate them. Please."
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