In some very disturbing news, Democrats in Michigan have ousted Jordan Acker, a Jewish pro-Israel member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents in favor of Amir Makled, a candidate who has praised Hezbollah.
Last I checked, Hezbollah is still a terrorist organization.
Acker was targeted by Makled because he opposed efforts by the BDS movement to divest university funds from Israel while also supporting disciplinary actions against anti-Israel students who had occupied the campus. For his positions, Acker's home has been vandalized on multiple occasions.
Of note, Michigan Democrats did renominate Paul Brown. Like Acker, he opposed efforts by the BDS movement to divest university funds from Israel while also supporting disciplinary actions against anti-Israel students who had occupied the campus.
Yet there was no challenge to Brown's candidacy much less any violence visited upon his home.
Makled targeted Acker because he is Jewish and Michigan Democrats went along with it.
Shame on them!!!
This could be a harbinger of things to come. Michigan Democrats could very well nominate Abdul El-Sayed this August, a man who has made excuses for the pro-Hezbollah attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township.
Even if Michigan Democrats do not nominate El-Sayed, I suspect that both Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow will be very circumspect in whatever support they have for Israel, let alone Michigan's Jewish community so as not to alienate El-Sayed's base of support in the Democratic Party.
If El-Sayed is nominated and wins the general election, it will demonstrate mainstream acceptance of anti-Semitism especially if Maine voters also choose Hamas sympathizer Graham Platner over Susan Collins in that Senate race.
On the other hand, if El-Sayed is nominated, it could also motivate a sliver of Democrats and independents to defect and result in the election of former GOP Congressman Mike Rogers. This would be a Republican gain in what is expected to be a Blue Wave against Trump this November. In which case, a Republican gain is also possible in the University of Michigan Board of Regents election.
As much as I loathe MAGA, this would probably the best possible outcome as it might teach Democrats a lesson that it's not a good idea to support candidates who are pro-Hamas, pro-Hezbollah and anti-American.
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