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Mike Rogers: “They [Iran] have been a threat to the straits for 47 years.”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

One-on-one with Mike Rogers, the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. Senate

Published July 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:08

They can't control the Straits or Hormuz unless Americans want to pay $8 a gallon for gas, which nobody wants that. And so we should wrap it up as quickly as we can. But they've They [Iran] have been a threat to the straits for 47 years. Actually. This is not the first time that America had to actually protect the Straits. Back in the 80s, I think they called them the tanker wars. Yeah. (03:08–08:03)

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Asserts that Iran has posed a threat to the Straits of Hormuz for 47 years.

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