Im a longtime Democrat fighting for GOPs Mike Rogers, and my partys soul, in Michigan

President John F.Kennedy, in his inaugural address, may have said it best: “In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” It was a warning to those who tolerate the rise of authoritarian communism that they will inevitably end up next on the dinner menu. Michigan Democrats, in nominating Abdul El-Sayed for Senate on Tuesday, seem to be riding the back of that tiger. But not me. I’m climbing off the beast. After decades of giving my all for Democratic House and Senate candidates, this fall I will support — and contribute to — Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP Senate nominee, instead.And I’ll do everything I can to make sure other Democrats follow.With the exception of Pennsylvania Sen.

John Fetterman, my party’s leaders have sought to appease the dangerous faction rising in our midst. Weak, timid figures like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are spouting empty clichés — “We are a big-tent party” — while abdicating their moral and political responsibilities.Democrats aren’t coddling Scandinavian-style socialists; they’re getting into bed with a nihilistic, deconstructionist brand of third-worldism. It’s an ideology that seeks the elimination of prisons, policing, borders, the Senate, the presidency, the Supreme Court and democratic free markets.  A worldview that aligns with genocidal jihadist movements like Hamas.A generation ago, the left would’ve recognized this cadre as Trojan horse doing the bidding of our adversaries.But not today. And as working-class voters flee an increasingly toxic Democratic brand, the party’s newfound embrace of anti-American extremists is likely to produce big losses nationally — and a civil war within.In Michigan in particular, Rogers will frame a devastating portrait of El-Sayed that will further damage the party’s deteriorating image.El-Sayed parrots Sen.Bernie Sanders’ delusion that attaches no importance to generating wealth — and ...