GOP Michigan Senate candidate Rogers calls for trade war with Canada to end ‘now’

Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) on Wednesday called for an end to the U.S.-Canada trade war fostered by the Trump administration, a sign of how the battle may be hurting his campaign against Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

“Here in Michigan, we know that Canada is not our enemy. We need to end this tariff war — now,” Rogers said in an ad he shared to social media.

Before that, the former representative noted that drinking a Labatt, a Canadian-made beer, and watching the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings “just doesn’t get any more Michigan.”

El-Sayed has blasted the trade war with Canada as “making things more expensive,” as inflation remains above 3 percent amid the Iran war. 

Rogers had previously defended the tariffs as “necessary,” telling USA Today last month they were not a “one-size-fits-all solution.”

The Republican Senate nominee did not mention President Trump. Since August, Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have engaged in a tit-for-tat........

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