Whitmer Acknowledges Tlaib's Criticism of Nessel is Anti-Semitic While Tlaib's Apologists Claim She is The Victim

A couple of days ago, I was dismayed when Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (center) wouldn't back her Attorney General Dana Nessel (pictured left) in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper after Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (pictured right) accused Nessel of anti-Palestinian bias on account her being Jewish following charges she made against anti-Israel protesters at the University of Michigan. 

Yesterday, Whitmer issued the following statement:

The suggestion that Attorney General Nessel would make charging decisions based on her religion as opposed to the rule of law is antisemitic. Attorney General Nessel has always conducted her work with integrity and followed the rule of law. We must all use our voices to call out hateful rhetoric and racist tropes. 

That's better, but I wish Whitmer would have identified the source of the anti-Semitism namely Rashida Tlaib. 

Then again whether Whitmer names her or not, Tlaib's apologists are claiming she never made a comment regarding Nessel's faith and that she is the real victim and is owed an apology. It is being argued that Tlaib was focusing on systemic bigotry against Palestinians rather than Nessel's religious heritage. 

Nonsense.

Tlaib specifically said, “It seems that the attorney general decided if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs.”

She was going to treat it differently?

The she in question is Nessel and it to be treated differently is Palestine. Remember Tlaib said "that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs."

That alone? Possible biases? In other words, Tlaib has no evidence to support a claim of bias within the Michigan Attorney General's office. All she has her assertion that Nessel is the one with anti-Palestinian bias and the only basis for that claim is the fact that Nessel is Jewish.

Tlaib and her apologists can use all the weasel words they want. It doesn't change the fact that Tlaib is anti-Semitic, and that her bigotry extends to her own state's Attorney General.