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Michigan Senate candidates hold first televised debate
The leading candidates in Michigan's Senate race faced off in their first televised debate with less than a month remaining before the US midterm elections.
Michigan's leading Senate candidates met in their first televised debate with less than a month to go before the United States midterm elections.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are competing in a race considered a key toss-up in the push to control the Senate.
Both Rogers and El-Sayed agreed that the US-Israeli war against Iran should end. Their agreement on ending the war did not extend to Washington's relationship with Israel or its role in the conflict, on which they held opposing views.
Asked how they would approach the immigration crackdown, both candidates agreed on reducing the militarised nature of the campaign.
El-Sayed defended his previously stated support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, a key agency in Trump's deportation campaign.
Rogers sought to distance himself from the current trade war while expressing support for an agreement with Canada that would loosen some of Ottawa's tariffs on US goods.