Why does Jon Lovett say Michigan Jews should vote for Abdul El-Sayed?

Jon Lovett argues that Michigan Jews have a moral obligation to back Abdul El-Sayed even if they disagree with him on Israel. Lovett's case is that an intra-Democratic debate over Israel is survivable, while a politics built on dominance and othering, which Trump aims at Muslims, trans people and immigrants, eventually turns on Jews too and makes them less safe.

• Lovett frames a Democratic Senate as the necessary check on Trump.
• The hosts compare the attacks to old smears that Catholics had dual loyalties and Jews could not be trusted.

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