THE DEMOCRATIC TEA PARTY

In November 2026 there are the crucial USA midterm elections where the burning issue is whether Trump will be held to account and a brake put on his sadistic insanity. The desire to rid the current corrupt kleptocratic totalitarian imperialist regime is the principle objective of Democratic Party, (DP). Nevertheless a central issue in a few (DP) Primary elections is devolving into a fight over Israel and Jewish money controlling politics to the extent that it has crossed the line into antisemitism.The fear is  that pushing this racism under the rug might kill the party much as a small number of activists forming "The Tea Party" did to the Republican Party starting in 2007. 

The most significant DP Primary contest was held in the swing state of Michigan for a vacant Senate seat which was won by charismatic Abdul El Sayed a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, (DSA ). - an outcome Trump welcomed as “Great news for the Republican Party”. Dr. El Sayed’s majority was about 15,000 out of 1.7 million votes cast. This electoral fight was extremely ugly and had as much to do with with Israel and antisemitism as socio-economics. The fact that the  American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, (AIPAC) had backed the DP establishment candidate CongressPerson, Haley Stevens was El Sayed's rationale for a vast range of attacks.  

 Michigan is a must win state for the DP to take control of the Senate. In 2024 Harris lost the State to Trump by 80,000 votes with over 5.5 million cast. The Senate however went to Elisa Slotkin, (DP), by 19.000 against Mike Rogers of the Republican Party, (GOP). The same Mike Rogers is the GOP candidate again knowing that last time out he garnered nearly 2.8 million votes. This time Rogers is running against a very disunited opposition, El Sayed having made Israel, AIPAC and whether he likes it or not antisemitism a centerpiece of his attack on his opponent.

 Ironically El Sayed’s backing did not come from “the workers” but rather “the elites” as the black, rural  and non college degreed voters stumped for Stevens. El Sayed received the bulk of Muslim and Arab voters as Michigan has the largest number of these demographic groups in America, 10 percent of the population of the state. So let’s go to the “issues”.

ON ZIONISM, BEING A PROGRESSIVE AND ISRAEL

El Sayed - On being asked on whether you could be a Zionist and Progressive

“Every articulation of the Jewish state ends up in some articulation of illiberal values every single one. Money is the only reason why Democrats who ‘believe in human rights’ would support Israel”.

Stevens.  On stating her position on Israel.

“It is vey clear that Mr.Netanyahu has not made us safer, has not brought us closer to peace and has endangered Jews here in America and the world. I am not afraid to stand up for humanitarian aid for the US  with countries in the region and get aid into Gaza. The difference between her and the other candidate, (El Sayed) came down to her support for a two-state solution and her belief that Israel has a right to peacefully exist alongside the people of Palestine and in Gaza”.

AIPAC AND THE INFLUENCE OF JEWISH MONEY IN AMERICAN POLITICS

In the final debate candidate El Sayed mentioned AIPAC again and again as being the vehicle though which Jewish money controlled foreign policy towards Israel and policy in general. He depicted Congressperson Steven’s campaign as solely, (Jay H. Ell’s emphasis), a manifestation of a Jewish plot to buy American elections for the sake of Israel. He attacked the DP Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, as often as he did President Trump. He smeared Schumer as being one of the the establishment that sold America to Israel and AIPAC. In response an overwhelmed and exasperated Stevens replied that he wanted to “blame all problems on Jewish Americans”. Stevens is left of center having been part of the Obama administration. Dr. El Sayed is a former Public Health Director of Wayne County Michigan.

Earlier on El Sayed had called his opponent a “walking suit with a big fat AIPAC account…..and that there was a ‘quid pro quo’ for (her) policy making.” On another occasion he inferred that a poll that put her slightly ahead was paid for AIPAC when the facts were totally to the contrary.

AIPAC indeed backed Stevens with 30 million dollars in this campaign and their wisdom in getting involved in this type of election is questionable. AIPAC’s problem is that it has allowed Netanyahu to go unquestioned.They do not differentiate between support of the State of Israel and letting the government know that, for example, The Settlers' violence is unacceptable. In terms of size and influence in American politics and lobbying AIPAC are lightweights. This especially in the shadow of the Supreme Court placing no limit on what can be spent on campaigns. But El Sayed's thrust, as seen by his statements was a repetition of the time old canard that the amoral Jews control the world with money.

THE BACKING OF AN AMERICAN 'TERRORIST'

Perhaps the most sickening action was El Sayed’s defense of an American Muslim 'terrorist' who attempted to drive into a synagogue where there were a 100 children maintaining that “Hurt people, hurt people”. The attacker who had opened fire died by suicide. The incident resulted in injury to a security guard and 63 police officers were treated in hospital for smoke inhalation. According to El Sayed, overseas actions  have implications in America and “bleed into local communities”. The attacker was related to a family whose head was a Hezbollah Commander and he and two of his brothers were killed in an Israeli Defense Force Air Raid. 

One can understand the grief of the relative and this whole Middle East conflict has resulted in condemnation from many directions. Many Jewish Americans lost relatives in October 7 2023 Hamas massacre and some were taken as hostages. Can you imagine the justifiable outrage if a Jewish 'terrorist' attacked a kindergarten in a Mosque and answered as El Sayed had?

Needless to say Dr. El Sayed balanced his comments by statements such as by adding  “While condemning this vile antisemitic attack”. He conceded that putting out his statement “was a risk”. A risk to what? His office stated that his rationale was based ''on the large Muslim and Arab communities and that he also had been critical of Israel’s long military campaign in Gaza”. 

Ms. Stevens had made it quite clear what she thought of Mr. Netanyahu so he was not making a stark difference in policy positions rather than as El Sayed’s office had communicated, “We understood that putting out a nuanced, (Jay. H. Ell’s emphasis), statement opened the door for bad - faith critiques”. 

DR. EL SYAED’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HASAN PIKER

Hasan Piker is an unashamed antisemite who has maintained that Hamas is a 1000 times better than Israel, endorses violence against Israelis, has no issue with Hezbollah, supported October 7, 2023 and “ America deserved 9/11”. Not only has candidate El Sayed campaigned with him, Piker was with him at his victory party. Of course Dr. El Sayed has distanced himself from the 9/11 statement but not much else. Mr. Piker had a 3 hour discussion with New York Mayor Mamdani who vindicated his decision claiming he would speak to anyone!

Mr. Piker has 2.7 million followers on “Twitch” and jacked up his antisemitism rants since October 7, 2023. He has labelled the Orthodox as “inbred” used an old trope against Jews by calling one of them a “bloodthirsty pig”. With regard to the rapes of October 7, “It doesn’t matter if rape happened on October 7th. It doesn’t change the dynamic for me”. He glorified the “brave mujahadeen” for wounding Navy Seal US Congressperson Dan Crenshaw. He opined that the Israelis were behind the Moroccans invading Spanish Ceuta. 

WHAT THE OTHERS SAID

In Jay H. Ell’s last blog, “United States - Circa 2028”, he had hoped for leadership from Bernie Sanders the founder of the DAS and a populist himself not to back anybody who he thinks can win just a DP Primary Election. He backed Platner in Maine who had a Nazi tattoo. He hailed El Sayed’s victory in Michigan as “the most extraordinary victory I can think of in modern American politics”. Sorry Presidents Obama and Trump.

Robert Reich, a former Labour Secretary in Clinton’s cabinet, who is the most left wing Democratic commentator claimed that El Sayed won because “he was a fighter”. He said that he was not a Socialist. None of them are, not even Bernie. The latter has won a Vermont Senate seat for years, which state has a population of 644,000. He was head of the Senate Finance Committee who pushed through Biden’s attempt at widening the social welfare and carbon free energy programs. The latter entailed partnership with corporations. 

Michigan’s Jewish Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has successfully fought Trump in the courts has not publicly endorsed El Sayed. In fact she has been exposed to anti -semitism within the Michigan DP and refused to attend a meeting. Neither has the Jewish Michigan Congress Caucus endorsed El Sayed.

AT THE END OF THE DAY

As everyone rallies around El Sayed Jay H. Ell is reminded of the destructive Tea Party faction which led to the losses of John McCain and Mick Romney arguably the most reasonable Republicans in the GOP. They ultimately destroyed the GOP

 and got Trumpism instead.

Politics is a tough business. It is central to a working democracy. It is a tragedy politicians don’t take it seriously. 

Dr. El Sayed has removed 100 videos from his website. Do you think it will help? What might assist is that Trump’s disapproval rate is 66 percent.

At the end of the day the Jews in the Democratic Party in Michigan will be expected to “Take one for the team”.

 The DP need to get their act together. Obama and a few others behind the scenes ought to take Senator Sanders into a corner and explain to him the facts of life. The narrow victory of a candidate in a Primary in Michigan doesn't portend the beginning of a "Judenfrei", (including him), utopia. It more realistically helps to perpetuate the hell America and the world are going through at the moment.