Dana Nessel says Piker is “very anti-Semitic”
Michigan attorney general
“Many of us believe that he is very anti-Semitic”
Source and context
Interview
The David Frum Show: Dana Nessel and Jewish voters in Michigan (opens in a new tab)Closing exchange after the Piker clip
About this source
Frum responds to a clip of the disputed passage during an episode about Jewish voters and Michigan politics.
Before the quotation
At transcript paragraphs 224–230, Nessel introduces Piker’s visit, the episode plays the disputed Piker passage, and Nessel then describes the on-screen image of Michigan politician Jeremy Moss.
After the quotation
Nessel asks which members of Michigan’s congressional delegation or other non-Jewish leaders would say the highlighted remarks were wrong, then says Jewish Democrats feel isolated. The episode gives an August 26 publication date but no time of day.
How this statement is classified
Nessel directly describes Piker as “very anti-Semitic” and calls the remarks about a Jewish elected official “really hateful words.”
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