Ex-Hillary Clinton staffer warns Democrats that courting far-left could cost them Jewish voters

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel this week issued a blunt warning to Democratic leadership ahead of the upcoming midterms: Stop minimizing Jewish voters ’ concerns, or they’ll walk.

Former Hillary Clinton staffer Kaivan Shroff agreed, saying the issue is whether Jewish Democrats will feel like they have to "explain or defend a basic part of their identity to remain in good standing with the party." Appearing on the Atlantic’s "David Frum Show," Nessel accused the Democratic Party of not valuing its Jewish constituents and making them feel less welcome than members of other minority groups.

"I think it’s a fundamental mistake for the Democratic Party to think that you can just push Jewish Democrats out and simply replace them with any other population," Nessel told Frum on Wednesday’s podcast episode.

DEMOCRATIC MICHIGAN AG ACCUSES HER PARTY OF 'ABSOLUTELY NOT' DOING ENOUGH TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM Nessel's comments were echoed by Shroff, a media commentator and former digital organizer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Shroff told Fox News Digital that Democrats risk losing key Jewish voters as the party grapples with internal divisions over its ideological direction.

"What Nessel is saying should make Democrats nervous because this isn’t really a debate about Netanyahu or even Israeli policy — it’s about whether Jewish Democrats are starting to feel like they have to explain or defend a basic part of their identity to remain in good standing with the party," Shroff told Fox News Digital.

"Ironically, Democrats cannot afford to keep shrinking their political tent in the name of expanding it to folks like Hasan Piker — and then act surprised when pieces of the coalition start walking out." Shroff added that Democratic leaders should stop courting socialist-aligned candidates and start shoring up the establishment supporters who have long defended the party — especially ahead of the midterm elections.

"Of course, Nessel is a prominent Democrat in Michigan — a state where a lot of this debate has now centered around Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and his affiliation with streamer Hasan Piker, who has made controversial comments that many other Democrats have just condemned as antisemitic," Shroff said.

"It’s a critical Senate seat for Democrats to win and they need all their voters and more to show up.

So turning off loyal Democrats like Nessel is a huge issue and should be causing major alarm." MICHIGAN'S DEMOCRATIC AG REFUSES TO ATTEND UPCOMING CONVENTION OVER HARASSMENT CONCERNS According to Nessel, Jewish Democrats have felt ostracized by their own party following the attacks in Israel on Oct.

7, 2023, and accused leadership of cherry-picking issues that are relevant to supporters.