In contrast, Rogers is extraordinarily bad on all the issues on which an individual member of Congress may be the deciding vote.
Again, these are issues like war powers, surveillance, privacy, the freedom of speech, criminal justice, and government oversight and accountability.
Rogers has repeatedly and consistently promoted unauthorized, unlawful wars.
He’s one of the chief architects of the modern surveillance state—a prominent backer of the Patriot Act, FISA 702, CISPA, CISA, and more.
He voted time and again to violate the privacy rights of Americans, and he has defended and worked to expand provisions in law that endanger and chill the freedom of speech.
He believes government officials should be immune from liability for their proven abuses of Americans’ rights.
And at every moment, Rogers has sought to shield the NSA, FBI, and other government agencies from scrutiny—going out of his way to mislead members of Congress and the public about the law and their behavior.