Team Abdul El-Sayed Member Thinks Mike Rogers' Campaign Has the Aesthetics of a KKK Cross Burning

Brett T. | 7:00 PM on August 17, 2026

Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers posted a 17-second video of himself riding in a vintage pickup truck during the Woodward Dream Cruise, a celebration of automotive culture, and according to Democratic Socialist Abdul El-Sayed's campaign staffer Mason Pressler, Rogers' campaign has the aesthetics of "a 1960s white flight suburb and a KKK cross burning." Pressler notes that he was formerly the youngest elected official in Michigan and is a 20-year-old school board member, so his memories of the 1960s are still burned into his brain.

Gotta love this American Ride! 🇺🇸

There’s no better way to do the Woodward Dream Cruise! pic.twitter.com/gD4heq06Gk
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) August 16, 2026

Mike Rogers’ campaign has the aesthetics of a 1960s white flight suburb and a KKK cross burning. https://t.co/UHILzb6hTc
— Mason Pressler (@Press4BC) August 16, 2026

He's a Democrat?
— JWF (@JammieWF) August 17, 2026

KKK was a democrat thing
— MojoBaby6975 (@Mojobaby007) August 17, 2026

Spoken like someone who has never been to Dream Cruise...
— Will J. (@wjgoblue) August 16, 2026

Spoken with the wisdom and experience of a 20 year old.
— Donnie Detroit (@DonnieDetroit19) August 17, 2026

Vintage cars are KKK now?

LOL y'all are scrambling
— Anna (@VeritasSola) August 17, 2026

Stay out of the Yoop, we love the old trucks like that. Snotty nose ingrate.
— Lisa (Loehr)Spaulding (@leezawilllshe) August 17, 2026

Well aren’t you an absolute nut job.
— Cory (@IToldUMonsoon) August 17, 2026

Michigan auto workers built that truck, you know… the ones you hate
— 7 (@hemmybilldozer) August 17, 2026

You come off as a smooth brained nepo bitch cosplaying at being a commie.
Go sit on your thumb and spin, soyboy.
— Couldn't Be Papa P (@CouldntBePapaP) August 17, 2026

It harkens back to a time where Michigan was the hub of automobile manufacturing. How does that equate to the KKK? Touch grass, you’re embarrassing yourself.
— 🐿️ 🦝 🦆Arizona Tony 🇺🇸⚾️🏈🏒 (@Cardinalfan9633) August 17, 2026

Dissing on an American classic car seems pretty on par.
— incognito (@incogni17344541) August 17, 2026

We understand pickup trucks and country music are triggering to Democrats. It turns out vintage pickup trucks are even worse. It makes you wonder why White Dudes for Harris tried to cram as many as they could into their campaign spot, or why Vogue did a photo shoot of candidate Beto O'Rourke leaning against a vintage pickup.

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Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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