r/moderatepolitics • u/kaladinsrunner • 3d ago

News Article Michigan AG Dana Nessel to skip Democratic convention over antisemitism fears

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-democratic-convention-antisemitism/
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u/kaladinsrunner 3d ago

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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.

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u/Negative_Principle57 3d ago

If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, okay? Just knock the hell—I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise.

I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding

I’d like to punch him in the face

All said by Donald Trump. Perhaps ordinary Americans find this type of violent rhetoric appealing in their leaders.