Michigan AG Dana Nessel Boycotts Democratic Convention Over Security Fears After April Israel Clash
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Michigan AG Dana Nessel Boycotts Democratic Convention Over Security Fears After April Israel Clash
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
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Dana Nessel said she would skip Michigan Democrats’ Aug. 29 nominating convention in Lansing because she fears harassment and being “booed off the stage” after earlier confrontations over Israel.
April’s state convention triggered those concerns when anti-Israel activists shouted down pro-Israel speakers, including Rep. Haley Stevens, leaving some Jewish Democrats, according to local party members and a rabbi, feeling traumatized.
The party said it is preparing a safe and secure event and rejects antisemitism and Islamophobia, though some Jewish Democrats still expect the gathering to be unpleasant even if not physically unsafe.
The dispute has intensified since Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Stevens for the Democratic Senate nomination, after campaigning against unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel and drawing backlash over his rhetoric.
That tension is spilling into November’s Senate race, with some Jewish Democrats backing Republican Mike Rogers in a contest critical to control of the chamber.