Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will skip the Michigan Democratic Party’s August convention because she believes she will be harassed, chased around, and booed off the stage by members of her own party.
"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. And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me.”
This is Michigan’s sitting attorney general saying she does not trust her own political party to provide a safe environment for her. Nessel also accused Democratic leaders of failing to address complaints she previously made about party members who allegedly harassed her.
She acknowledged antisemitism among far-right neo-Nazi groups, but Nessel made clear that she was speaking specifically about the rot inside the Michigan Democratic Party.
Nessel’s fears follow an ugly April convention at which pro-Israel Democrats were shouted down by party activists. Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan (MI-11), a pro-Israel candidate running for the Senate, faced sustained boos while addressing delegates. Jewish attendees later described the atmosphere as “shell-shocked.”
Delegates at that convention also rejected Jewish University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker and instead backed Amir Makled, whose deleted social media activity included posts supporting Hezbollah and referring to its late leader Hassan Nasrallah as a “martyr.” Makled has said that he disavows antisemitism.
Acker’s home, law office, and vehicle had previously been targeted by anti-Israel vandals. After losing the party’s backing, he said antisemitism among Michigan Democrats had become “extensive.”
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/07/31/jewish-michigan-ag-says-she-is-unsafe-at-her-own-democratic-convention-n2204998