$10. That's apparently what the Republican campaign machine in Michigan thinks a desperate driver's attention is worth. Kristi Rogers, the wife of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, strolled through a Detroit gas station on October 14 wearing a red pantsuit and black high heels. She had one of her husband's campaign stickers on her lapel and $10 gas gift cards in her hand. America is living with the economic consequences of a war Donald Trump started. Meanwhile, his political followers are handing out small cash gifts to people who can barely afford to fill their tanks anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The whole thing was filmed at a Freedom Fuel gas station. Kristi Rogers approached drivers, handed out gift cards, and campaigned for her husband. She told one man who had just filled up that he should have caught her earlier, because then she could have given him a $10 gift card. The footage captures a political embarrassment of almost painful purity. While drivers struggle with skyrocketing prices, the wife of a Republican candidate is passing out money in the form of gift cards in the parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n