Rodgers is the executive director and chief financial officer of ACT For America. He was formerly a former consultant for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and former national field director for Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition. In 2010, Rodgers contended that “Muslims should be treated differently because their legal system is inherently flawed.”
American Freedom Defense Initiative
The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) is an Islamophobic hate group led by Pamela Geller. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identifies the organization as an anti-Muslim hate group. At one time, SPLC considered Geller “the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible and flamboyant figurehead.”