A Republican Senate candidate's favorite story about the economy under President Donald Trump has a problem, and it involves the main character. Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the GOP nominee in Michigan's Senate race , has told the same tale of a manufacturer adding a second shift at least 31 times since May 2025, but the details keep changing, according to an analysis and video supercut by The Bulwark published Thursday.
The earliest version Bulwark reporter Joe Perticone tracked down came during a local radio interview that month. "I talked to a guy who is putting on a second shift for the first time in 25 years because automobile companies are trying to reshore here in the United States," Rogers said then.
"That's a win, that's a win for Michigan." Over time, the encounter kept getting fresher. Speaking with local radio host Kevin Dietz in July 2026, well over a year after first sharing it, Rogers recounted talking to "a small factory the other day" that had brought on a second…