Shocking anti-Muslim remark lands GOP congressman in hot water
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) sparked bipartisan backlash after posting an anti-Muslim message on social media site X.
“If they force us to choose, it wouldn’t be hard to choose between dogs and Muslims.” Fine aired on Sunday on X.
Fine wrote a follow-up post about 10 minutes later to provide “context.” His second post included a screenshot of a post by Palestinian American activist Nerdeen Kiswani.
Kiswani posted last Thursday: “Finally New York is coming to Islam. Dogs definitely have a place in society, not just as pets. As we’ve said from the beginning, they are dirty.”
Although the Quran does not call dogs “unclean” many Muslims avoid them It is based on teachings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad that a dog’s saliva is ritually unclean and must be washed after contact.
Kiswani later posted a reply Reactions to her message included: “This is absolutely a joke. I don’t care if you have a dog or not, I care if your dog shits everywhere and you don’t clean it up.”
Fine’s post about Muslims sparked a fierce backlash, with both liberals and conservatives demanding his resignation.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called on Fine to give up his House seat.
“Resign now, you racist bastard.” Newsom shared a post on X.
Conservative podcaster and former Fox News host Megyn Kelly expressed disbelief in a three-word statement. Publish on X: “what happened?”
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) called on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to immediately “rebuke” Fine.
“If someone said something that vile in any workplace, they would be fired.” Ansari shared a post on X. “Randy Fine has repeatedly dehumanized Muslims with no consequences. This is unacceptable and should not be normalized by Congress.
“And if Fine cannot meet the most basic standard of human dignity, he should resign.”
Representative Brendan Boyle condemned Fine’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
“Randy Fine is an ugly bigot” Boyle wrote on X. “He shouldn’t be in Congress”
Far-right political commentator and former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos criticized Fine as “a man of low moral character.”
Fine “unfit for public office” Yiannopoulos wrote on X.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, asked Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to “condemn and call for the resignation” of Fine for his “racist remarks about Muslims and Palestinians.”
Fine has previously faced calls to resign over past statements describing Muslims as violent. deportation and saying that “mainstream Muslims” shouldto be destroyed.”
At a congressional hearing in December, Fine said: “I’m not afraidFrom being called Islamophobic.
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