Dana Nessel
Role at the time: Michigan attorney general
Condemned
Response to this claim
El-Sayed's cycle-of-violence framing rationalized the antisemitic attack or improperly shifted explanatory responsibility toward Israel and Jews.
“making excuses for an attempted mass killing of children”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)The David Frum Show: Dana Nessel and Jewish voters in MichiganClosing exchange after the Piker clip
Frum responds to a clip of the disputed passage during an episode about Jewish voters and Michigan politics.
Why we used this label
This is direct Democratic criticism grounded in the impact of the framing on the targeted community.