Dershowitz says he will campaign for GOP in 2026 midterms: 'Totally frightened' if Dems gain control

Harvard Law School Professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said he will campaign for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections because he's "totally frightened" if Democrats gain control.

Dershowitz told Newsmax's "The Record with Greta Van Susteren" on Tuesday that Democrats have abandoned core constitutional principles, causing him to stop supporting the party he has been a part of for more than 60 years, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

Democrats are "not succeeding in persuading the American people that they’re up to a leadership role, which is why, after me being a Democrat for 60 or more years, I am now going to campaign very hard for the Republicans to maintain control of the House and the Senate," Dershowitz said.

"Not because I love the Republican agenda. It’s because I’m totally frightened if the Democrats were to gain control of either House. Who they would appoint as chair people? Who they would put in the position of inquisitors, and how they would deny rights to people, and how they would introduce a kind of McCarthyism that we haven’t seen since I was a college student in the 1950s?"

“It’s left-wing McCarthyism,” he continued. “We’re seeing it throughout the Democratic Party with a few exceptions, like the great Senator Fetterman, who you interviewed, who really is the one person who represents principle, represents honesty, and really nonpartisan approaches in the Democratic Party.”

“I wish his colleagues would learn from him, but they don’t. They are moving toward the extreme, extreme left, and the only thing they care about is trying to hurt President Trump,” Dershowitz added.