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Mike Rogers: “We've lost 30,000 manufacturing jobs.”

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

Full interview: Mike Rogers talks Michigan education, manufacturing jobs, Iran conflict

Published May 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:08

We're now 45th. We went down from last year in education. Our median wages are flat and now dropping. We're losing population. We've lost 30,000 manufacturing jobs. I'm going to go back, I'll build coalitions and I'm going to deliver for Michigan. We got out of the defense industrial base. (01:08–01:12)

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