Dem Official Won’t Attend Party Convention Amid Fear Of Anti-Jewish Harassment
Michigan's attorney general said she won't attend next month's Democratic primary convention over fears of antisemitism.
Michigan’s attorney general said she won’t attend next month’s Democratic primary convention over fears of antisemitism.
Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she won’t attend the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP)’s nominating convention in August over concerns for her safety during a Thursday roundtable event hosted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Michigan Advance reported. This comes after federal investigators said they believe Hezbollah inspired the March attack on Temple Israel in Michigan’s West Bloomfield Township.
Nessel’s office and the MDP did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
“I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. 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. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying,” Nessel reportedly said during the roundtable. “And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me.”
Nessel also criticized Democratic party leaders for not addressing concerns she previously raised about party members harassing her in the past, according to Michigan Advance.
Approximately 60% of Americans at least somewhat agreed that antisemitism is a “serious problem,” according to a July 2025 survey by the ADL’s Center for Antisemitism Research. Meanwhile, approximately 25% Democratic respondents expressed concern about