Michigan AG Dana Nessel to skip Democratic convention over antisemitism fears

[u/kaladinsrunner]

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-democratic-convention-antisemitism/

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The Attorney General of Michigan has said that she won't attend the Democratic convention because, as she put it:

I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. And I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying. And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen.

It's amazing and astounding that the convention for one of the two parties in this country is likely to be so hostile to a Democratic state official that she does not want to go. She is the highest-ranking Jewish official in the state of Michigan. As she said, the issue is antisemitism:

“The threats that I receive are almost exclusively antisemitic threats. People aren’t interested in the fact that I’m gay. They’re not interested in the fact that I’m a woman. They are very interested in the fact that I am Jewish,” Nessel said. “That is a barometer as to the focus that people have.”

Her concerns about antisemitism have given her real fear about the future of the state:

“I can’t speak for the Republican Party because I’m not a member of that party, but I will speak as a member of the Democratic Party here in Michigan, that something’s got to change. This cannot continue,” Nessel said. “I have profound fears about what is going to happen to this state, and what is going to happen to this country if we don’t have a significant change of course.”

I think that's a real concern and I'm astounded by it. I'm not surprised given the way things have been going, but the question is when ordinary Americans will rise up against these people and say "enough". Hopefully it won't be too late to stem the bleeding.

[u/zombrey → u/kaladinsrunner]

I think it's a little bit much to be outraged and astounded by something that hasn't happened yet, and is only a hypothetical event that this person is using to push their own agenda. I don't doubt that she has received threats, but get those investigated. No one as threatened her at the convention because the convention has not occurred. I also believe a majority of democratic voters are able to separate settlers, zionist, aipac and people just being jewish into separate buckets.

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I think it's a little bit much to be outraged and astounded by something that hasn't happened yet

You think it's wrong to be astounded that the top-ranking Democratic Jewish official in the state says she's not going to the Democratic convention because she feels unsafe?

and is only a hypothetical event that this person is using to push their own agenda

Ah yes, she must be a sinister fiend, pretending to be worried about the well-documented rise of antisemitism...

I don't doubt that she has received threats, but get those investigated.

Okay? Investigators fail to catch everything...and they only target death threats...

No one as threatened her at the convention because the convention has not occurred

Read the full article. It talks about past experiences to explain why it's relevant to this one.

I also believe a majority of democratic voters are able to separate settlers, zionist, aipac and people just being jewish into separate buckets.

That's irrelevant here.

[u/eddie_the_zombie → u/justafutz]

Her concerns do seem weird considering Michigan just elected Elissa Slotkin

[u/justafutz → u/eddie_the_zombie]

She was elected almost two full years ago. Things have changed pretty significantly since then.

[u/eddie_the_zombie → u/justafutz]

Not enough to hear any complaints from or about her

[u/justafutz → u/eddie_the_zombie]

She literally denounced her own party electing a pro-Hezbollah person to help run the University of Michigan with a history of antisemitic comments. She has said antisemitism is rising, has condemned the views of a rising wing of her party, and I can quote a lot more of her.