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I’m a longtime Democrat — fighting for GOP’s Mike Rogers, and my party’s soul, in Michigan

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President John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural address, may have said it best: “In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” 

It was a warning to those who tolerate the rise of authoritarian communism that they will inevitably end up next on the dinner menu. 

Michigan Democrats, in nominating Abdul El-Sayed for Senate on Tuesday, seem to be riding the back of that tiger. 

But not me. I’m climbing off the beast. 

After decades of giving my all for Democratic House and Senate candidates, this fall I will support — and contribute to — Mike Rogers, Michigan’s GOP Senate nominee, instead.

And I’ll do everything I can to make sure other Democrats follow.

The week in whoppers: Team Mamdani flip-flops on grocery IDs, Mehdi Hasan cries ‘Islamophobia’ to aid El-Sayed and more

Chuck Schumer tepidly endorses Abdul El-Sayed — after the guy called for him to get canned

Gavin Newsom’s rush to embrace Abdul El-Sayed makes me sick to my stomach

With the exception of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, my party’s leaders have sought to appease the dangerous faction rising in our midst. 

Weak, timid figures like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are spouting empty clichés — “We are a big-tent party” — while abdicating their moral and political responsibilities.

Democrats aren’t coddling Scandinavian-style socialists; they’re getting into bed with a nihilistic, deconstructionist brand of third-worldism. 

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