Prominent Jewish Democrat calls on Schumer to abandon Ellison in DNC race
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A prominent Jewish Democratic lawmaker in New York City is launching a petition to force Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to abandon his support for Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., to assume control of the Democratic National Committee, the Washington Free Beacon has exclusively learned.
Dov Hikind, a 34-year Democratic New York state assemblyman and leading pro-Israel voice, disclosed to the Free Beacon late Monday that he has started a petition meant to pressure Schumer into pulling his public support for Ellison, who has long been accused of holding anti-Israel positions that fall out of the mainstream Democratic party.
Electing Ellison to head the DNC would send a message that the Democrats have embraced anti-Israel policies and no longer care about being a centrist party in touch with mainstream America, according to Hikind, who lashed out against Schumer and Ellison in a wide-ranging interview with the Free Beacon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hikind's public campaign against Ellison comes just weeks before the Democratic party is set to elect its new leader, with most polls showing that Ellison is the frontrunner.