Andy Levin

What also struck me about this film is the extent to which AIPAC is energized to go after Jewish politicians, but not because incidentally they are Jewish, but precisely because they are Jewish.

Now, there was the famous case of Andy Levin, the synagogue president, and you also get into some of these

Chicago

races.

One of his biggest supporters was former Michigan Senator Carl Levin.

Senator Levin died in 2021, but his nephew, former Congressman Andy Levin, has also been vocal about his belief in Temidgin's innocence.

We, you know, issued a statement saying that we were concerned about this and that we were... not convinced that he had committed this crime.

And the attorney general was not happy with me.

This bothers former Congressman Levin.

The criminal justice system isn't about like, Josie, what, you know, is she going to heaven or not? You know, is she like, you know, how do I judge her as a person? We don't put people in prison for vague general ideas about their behavior.

Andy Levin's uncle, Senator Carl Levin, was a mentor of Governor Whitmer's.

And he wasn't the only one of her mentors who believed in Timogen's innocence.

And that's a sad, we're in a very sad place.

Do you know Andy Levin?

Yeah, Andy Levin,

yeah.

He was a congressman.

his uncle was a

senator.

Sandy Levin, yeah, yeah.

I did wear shorts today.

Um, we're gonna talk to Andy Levin coming up at 8:19.

Uh, he held an event yesterday for undecided Jewish voters in support of Abdul El-Sayed, who, by the way, has a lead according to the average of polling out there.

Let's get to it.

So a coalition called Michigan Jews for Democracy released an open letter signed by more than 600 Jewish Michiganders urging support for Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's US Senate race, arguing that despite disagreements with some of his views on Israel, he's a better choice than Mike Rogers.

The letter says that some Jewish voters do have reservations about El-Sayed's positions and rhetoric surrounding Israel, but the election should be viewed as a practical political choice rather than a complete endorsement of every policy position.

And there have been a number of folks that have come out, uh, prominent Jewish leaders here in the state of Michigan that have come out and, and signaled support for this, including US Representative Andy Levin Former US Representative Andy Levin, uh, Ellie Savitt, who's running for attorney general here in the State of Michigan, and, and others that were p- actually previously unsure how they were going to handle the Abdul El-Sayed race a- with Mike Rogers.

So you've got folks that are saying, "Look, we gotta put some of this aside because Mike Rogers isn't the guy for us." But think of it, these are Democrats.