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El-Sayed Launches Ad Blitz Attacking Rogers’ Surveillance Record

By Drooid · Oct 7, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC · How we work

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U.S. Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed launched a new ad blitz attacking Senator Mike Rogers over surveillance support.
The campaign released paid digital video and billboard ads before the 2026 midterm elections.
The ads tie Flock-camera privacy worries to Senator Mike Rogers’ praise of the Patriot Act and his 2011 email-sharing bill.
Senator Mike Rogers said in 2013, “You can’t have your privacy violated if you don’t know your privacy is violated.”

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U.S. Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed launched a new ad blitz attacking Senator Mike Rogers over surveillance support.
The campaign released paid digital video and billboard ads before the 2026 midterm elections.
The ads tie Flock-camera privacy worries to Senator Mike Rogers’ praise of the Patriot Act and his 2011 email-sharing bill.
Senator Mike Rogers said in 2013, “You can’t have your privacy violated if you don’t know your privacy is violated.”