  Sarah Rice/Getty Images In a CNN interview, the Michigan governor doesn’t speak out against Rashida Tlaib’s accusation that the AG charged campus demonstrators because she’s Jewish.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is declining to back state Attorney General Dana Nessel, a fellow Democrat, who has been attacked by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over Nessel’s decision to charge anti-Israel campus demonstrators at the University of Michigan for assaulting police and engaging in ethnic intimidation, among other alleged crimes. Tlaib has also claimed that Nessel is only charging the protesters because she’s Jewish. Nessel has publicly decried the congresswoman’s characterization as antisemitic and wrong. Asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper whether Whitmer agrees with Tlaib’s argument that Nessel is only charging the protesters because she’s Jewish, the Michigan governor declined to weigh in. “I’m not going to get in the middle of this argument that they’re having,” Whitmer said on CNN’s “State of the Union” show Sunday morning. “I can just say this: You know, we do want to make sure that students are safe on our campuses, and we recognize that every person has the right to make their statement about how they feel about an issue, a right to speak out. And I’m going to use every lever of mine to ensure that both are true.” You May Have MissedTAKING ON TRUMPDemocrats speak out loudly against Trump’s Jewish voter commentsThe Biden White House, the Harris campaign and leading pro-Israel Democrats all put out statements arguing Trump is stoking division and hatred against the Jewish community. HATE WATCHNew York literary festival cancels event after two authors protest ‘Zionist’ speaker ‘You're robbing me of this opportunity because of some bigots,’ writer Elisa Albert said of the decision made by the Albany Book Festival.Read more...      |
9.22.2024
Gov. Whitmer won’t back AG on anti-Israel protest prosecutions
