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Mike Rogers' Wife Hands Out $10 Gas Cards, Begging Michiganders to Vote for Her Husband

As President Donald Trump's Iran War drives up gas prices, the wife of Michigan's Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers was seen resorting to a desperate—and legally dubious—tactic to persuade voters to tick the box for her husband: handing out $10 gas cards. Kristi Rogers, the wife of the former GOP congressman, was filmed Wednesday strutting around…

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