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! 🇺🇸
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) August 16, 2026
There’s no better way to do the Woodward Dream Cruise! pic.twitter.com/gD4heq06Gk
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?
— Anna (@VeritasSola) August 17, 2026
LOL y'all are scrambling
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.
— Couldn't Be Papa P (@CouldntBePapaP) August 17, 2026
Go sit on your thumb and spin, soyboy.
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
Classic cars are racist now? Geez you people are stupid.
— The League of Embarassed Journalists (@mediapostate) August 17, 2026
Got it. Now you guys don't like vintage, American made vehicles. Check. pic.twitter.com/F6nvCfrwtV
— Murray (@LMurray40900980) August 17, 2026
And Thanksgiving and football.
Everything is racist has expanded to Ford classic pickup trucks.
— ChuckTown78 (@NHank97) August 17, 2026
RIP America.
Is there anything about America you pieces of shit actually like?
— NYconservative🤷 (@NewYorkRedPill) 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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