{"id":2601494,"date":"2026-05-12T02:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-justice-quits-democratic-party-over-rampant-jew-hatred\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:51:23","slug":"pennsylvania-supreme-court-justice-quits-democratic-party-over-rampant-jew-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-supreme-court-justice-quits-democratic-party-over-rampant-jew-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice quits Democratic Party over rampant \u2018Jew-hatred\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-supreme-court-justice-quits-democratic-party-over-rampant-jew-hatred%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht announced he is leaving the Democratic Party, saying he believes antisemitism adn \u201cjew-hatred\u201d have become widespread within the party.He emphasized he won a retention election last fall and was first elected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">court<\/a> in 2015, and he said he can no longer \u201cabide\u201d by the Democrats\u2019 handling of these issues.<\/p>\n<p>Wecht said he has no intention of joining the Republicans and is registering with no political party.In his statement, he referenced his long personal connection to Pittsburgh\u2019s Tree of life congregation and noted that the synagogue was the site of the 2018 massacre of Jews there, arguing that hatred has grown from political fringes into the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) publicly backed Wecht, saying the Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem while stressing he himself is not switching parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Supreme Court Justice David Wecht announced on Monday that he is leaving the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> due to what he believed was the rampant spread of \u201cJew-hatred\u201d and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\">antisemitism<\/a> within the party. His announcement comes a little over six months after he won a retention election to serve another 10-year term in November. Wecht was first elected to Pennsylvania\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: &#039;Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable&#039;\">high court<\/a> in 2015. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 1998 to 2001, years that preceded my judicial career, I served as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party,\u201d Wecht said in a statement announcing the change of his party affiliation. \u201cIn the quarter-century that has passed since then, the Democratic Party has changed. Nazi tattoos, jihadist chants, intimidation and attacks at synagogues, and other hateful anti-Jewish invective actions are minimized, ignored, and even coddled. Acquiescence to Jew-hatred is now disturbingly common among activists, leaders, and even many elected officials in the Democratic Party.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4564117\/pa-supreme-court-justice-quits-democratic-party-over-jew-hatred\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice quits Democratic Party over rampant \u2018Jew-hatred\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4562954\/six-bodies-found-in-train-boxcar-near-texas-border\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Six bodies found in train boxcar near Texas border<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4562484\/doj-denaturalization-12-people-accused-serious-offenses\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ begins denaturalization process against 12 people accused of \u2018serious offenses\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI can no longer abide by this,\u201d he added. \u201cSo, I won\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While Wecht is leaving the Democrats, he is not joining the Republicans. It was a distinction he made very clear in his statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am no longer registered within any political party,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>In the statement announcing the change, Wecht explained how he married his wife in 1998 at Pittsburgh\u2019s Tree of Life Congregation. He later served on the synagogue\u2019s board of trustees. In 2018, the Tree of Life Congregation was the site of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >domestic terrorist attack<\/a> against Jews, and a gunman killed 11 people. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty years later, in the very same sanctuary where our wedding occurred, the worst massacre of Jews in American history was perpetrated,\u201d Wecht said in his letter. \u201cThat terror came from the right. Jew-hatred has always festered on the fringe of that sector.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the years that followed, that same hatred has grown on the Left,\u201d he said. \u201cIncreasingly, it has moved from the fringe to the mainstream. It is the duty of all good people to fight this virus, and to do so before it is too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wecht also warned of the dangers of antisemitism, claiming that it has brought down civilizations and societies where \u201cJew-hatred\u201d was permitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Pennsylvania, and in the United States of America, we enjoy robust rights and liberties, bequeathed to us by our great Founders,\u201d Wecht said. \u201cThese freedoms have helped to make this the greatest civilization that the world has ever seen. There have been other great civilizations in the past, and almost all of them have deteriorated and declined when Jew-hatred grew and metastasized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4562887\/trump-calls-pause-federal-gas-tax-ease-prices-pump\/\"><strong>TRUMP CALLS TO PAUSE FEDERAL GAS TAX IN BID TO EASE PRICES AT THE PUMP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed his support for Wecht and urged Democrats to acknowledge and \u201cconfront its own rising antisemitism problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I know David and his legendary father, Cyril. <\/p>\n<p>As I\u2019ve affirmed, I\u2019m not changing my party\u2014but I fully understand David\u2019s personal choice.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/arxEUy5Ro9\">pic.twitter.com\/arxEUy5Ro9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/2053945559577153921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI know David and his legendary father, Cyril,\u201d Fetterman <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/senfettermanpa\/status\/2053945559577153921?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in a post on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve affirmed, I\u2019m not changing my party\u2014but I fully understand David\u2019s personal choice,\u201d he added. \u201cThe Democratic Party must confront its own rising antisemitism problem.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Justice Wecht quits Democrats over \u201cJew-hatred\u201d and antisemitism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2601495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-Wecht-e1778567491565.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[7053,4151,5836,5894,32275],"class_list":["post-2601494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-antisemitism","tag-judiciary","tag-pennsylvania","tag-politics","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/David-Wecht-e1778567491565.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601498,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601494\/revisions\/2601498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2601495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}