Harvard Professor of Law Emeritus Alan Dershowitz has proven to be a wealth of (often but not always) solid commentary and analysis in recent years, as he is one of the few on the left side of the political aisle who’s been willing to point out that much of the endless Democrat lawfare against Donald Trump has been a banana republic style of justice and runs counter to our Constitution.
He’s also been a lifelong Democrat, which has been head-scratching to me. I sometimes wish I could ask, “How can you be a lifelong Democrat—did you hear what you yourself just said?”
But even Dershowitz has come to the obvious realization: this is not the Democrat Party of old; no, the modern version is a shrill, extremist version that wants to fundamentally transform America into some weird socialist utopia that it was never meant to be. He announced in August on the “Talkline With Zev Brenner Podcast” that he’s had enough in a clip that was re-posted Thursday evening and has gone viral on social media.
He’s no longer a Democrat:
It was a stunning conversation where Dershowitz said he was appalled by the antics of the pro-Hamas crowd at the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago in August:
DERSHOWITZ: [People were …] standing outside the convention center and screaming, “Hamas will win!” Screaming, “We are all Hamas!” Screaming, “There was nothing wrong with October 7th.”
“What’s wrong with October 7th?” somebody said. No, there aren’t fine people and they don’t make fine points, and so I was disgusted at the Democratic National Convention– absolutely disgusted.
But here’s where he revealed that he’s done with the extremists:
INTERVIEWER: …Are you ready to leave the Democratic Party?
DERSHOWITZ: I am no longer a Democrat. I am an independent. I’ll decide who to vote for at the last minute based on totality of the circumstances. I want to see how they deal with Iran, I want to see how they deal if Iran attacks the United States, I want to encourage the current administration to support Israel, so I’m not revealing my vote until, you know, maybe November 1st.
I need to hear all the information, all the evidence. But I am no longer member of the Democratic Party.