US rights advocates, Democrats condemn Randy Fine calling fellow US House member Ilhan Omar a 'Muslim terrorist'

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-rights-advocates-democrats-condemn-lawmaker-randy-fines-comments-racist-2025-07-10/


Randy Fine, Republican nominee for 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election, speaks at a watch party, as Florida holds a special election for a U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated by National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, in Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S. April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones/File Photo

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Top U.S. House of Representatives Democrats and rights advocates criticized Republican Representative Randy Fine on Wednesday, calling comments he made about Representative Ilhan Omar "racist" and "Islamophobic." Fine's comments on X were in response to a post Omar made criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's U.S. visit.

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"I'm sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists," Fine wrote on X in response to Omar, who is Muslim and a Democrat.

"The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a statement. Omar welcomed the Democrats' support on X. Fine dismissed their criticism in a subsequent online post, labeling them sympathizers of extremism.

Robert McCaw from the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group labeled Fine as "anti-Muslim" and pointed to past comments from him, saying his remarks should be condemned in a bipartisan manner.

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1. open mouth

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2. these people are just too fucking stupid to breath

brain dead.