US EditionUS rights advocates, Democrats condemn lawmaker Randy Fine's comments as racist
PARIS, FRANCE, JUL 8 – Paris authorities seized evidence after racist comments targeted Julie Decroix, Miss Alsace 2025, prompting legal action to address hate speech.
- Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine publicly accused Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of being a terrorist on July 8, 2025, after Omar criticized Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's U.S. visit.
- Fine's comments came in response to Omar's assertion that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently held discussions with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, should face consequences for alleged war crimes following ICC arrest warrants issued last year.
- Fine responded to Omar’s post by asserting that it must be hard for her to accept the support given to someone responsible for the deaths of numerous individuals she identifies as fellow Muslim terrorists, and he further intensified the situation by labeling House Democrats as the "Hamas Caucus."
- Top House Democrats Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar condemned Fine's comments as "unhinged, racist and Islamophobic" and demanded he apologize immediately.
- The incident intensified concerns about normalized anti-Muslim bigotry and political violence, with leaders urging lawmakers to stop inciting hate amid recent assassination attempts in Minnesota.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) took aim Thursday at his House colleague Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) over the MAGA lawmaker’s latest "racist comment targeting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)."“Demonizing Leader Hakeem Jeffries as ‘Jihadi Jeffries’ is a racist comment from a rancid man,” Torres wr...
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