Democratic Michigan AG accuses her party of 'absolutely not' doing enough to counter antisemitism

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel accused the Michigan Democratic Party on Monday of not doing enough to address antisemitism by allowing members charged with antisemitic acts to still attend the upcoming convention.Nessel previously told Jewish leaders and community members that she would not attend the convention scheduled for Aug.29 out of security concerns.

As the state's first Jewish attorney general, Nessel told MS NOW that she was familiar with antisemitism while in office, but the Democratic Party has now become intolerant of different ideas."Look, myself and other Jewish electeds are subjected to a barrage of antisemitic threats," Nessel said."And that's been happening literally since my first day in office in 2019, long before Oct.

7.But in addition to that, you know, what we've seen in the Democratic Party as of late in here in Michigan is that we're not seeing the same kind of civil discourse that we used to be able to have and the ability to have a diversity of ideas and opinions that are, you know, respected."LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS HECKLE PRO-ISRAEL DEMOCRAT HALEY STEVENS AT MICHIGAN CONVENTIONMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, has said she won't attend the upcoming Democratic Party convention in her state.

(Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)When asked whether the party was doing enough to counter antisemitism, Nessel replied "absolutely not" and claimed that criminally charged Democrats were still allowed to attend the convention."We have five members of the Democratic Party who have been charged with antisemitic acts of vandalism and harassment and threats to other Democratic officials, some of whom are Jewish and including an attack on the Jewish Federation of Detroit," Nessel said."So those people are still permitted to come to the convention.

And it's just baffling to me that while these charges are pending, they're going to be allowed to be there despite, you know, these credible charges...