CAMBRIDGE — Alan Dershowitz has been a Democrat his entire adult life. He voted for Hillary Clinton. He supported Obama. He taught at Harvard Law for 50 years. He lives in Cambridge — one of the most liberal cities in America.
"On Tuesday, the 87-year-old lawyer announced he's done. He's registered as a Republican."
"Even as recently as 10 years ago I couldn't have imagined myself uttering the words 'I am a Republican,'" Dershowitz wrote on Substack. "But recent events have pushed me away from the Democratic Party and toward what I regard as the lesser of two evils — the deeply flawed but far better Republican Party."
The reason, in his telling, comes down to one thing: Israel.
"The Democratic Party has become the most anti-Israel party in modern history," he wrote. "It openly embraces antisemitism."
"Dershowitz didn't mince words about what he's giving up. He says he still agrees with Democrats on abortion, immigration, separation of church and state, and taxation. He calls himself a "foreign policy Republican" — someone who would put an asterisk next to his registration if the form allowed it." . . . More.
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