Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, addressed a private gathering of Jewish Democrats on August 30 in Birmingham, Michigan, where she urged them to place the needs of "the rest of humanity" above their own "safety and security." According to a recording reviewed by The Detroit News, Nessel invoked the story of Queen Esther to argue that Jewish Democrats have a "moral imperative" to sacrifice their own community's comfort and future for the opportunity to save humanity. She questioned the value of defending Israel if climate change makes the planet uninhabitable, and characterized supporting former President Donald Trump as an "abdication of our responsibilities as Jews."