i know things jumped the shark a while ago, but we have to try to remember that this is in fact deeply shocking.
i know things jumped the shark a while ago, but we have to try to remember that this is in fact deeply shocking.
how is this "deeply shocking"? it's been like this for at least 3 decades now
Anyway, it's been deeply depressing to cover extremism for nearly a decade, only now for sitting members of congress to tweet out the same sort of thing you'd have once seen on the daily stormer
remember 2019 when Steve King's flirtation with european right-wing extremists, & comments about whether white supremacy was a big deal, was a national story & eventually led to his removal from committee assignments? can you imagine trying to hold lawmakers to that same standard now?
People are saying:
As an Iowan (although no longer living in the fourth CD) it pains me to acknowledge King has been successful beyond his wildest aspirations. We have much work to do.
Seems like a lifetime away (even though it was mostly a tactical response then).
I remember Trent Lott got misty-eyed thinking how much better things would have been if segregationist Strom Thurman had had his way. Lott got sent to rehab for a month where he was repeatedly reminded he’s not supposed to say those things OUT LOUD. Lott’s comment wouldn’t even register today.
Via quorum-sensing, they decided they could take all the masks off. We need to disrupt the authoritarians' sense that they're big-enough to have their own lynch-mobs, and remind them they're the weird minority.
Sergio Gor worked for King.
The Right succeeded in making reactionary discourse mainstream by working the refs for “censorship.” Meanwhile the media still expect all left-leaning public figures to affirmatively disavow and condemn most everyone more radical than Ezra Klein.
Yup bsky.app/profile/doom...
or Kris Kobach of Kansas
Don't give Kansas too much credit. They elected Kobach to be their Attorney General TWO YEARS after he lost the gubernatorial race to Laura Kelly.
I just like any excuse to line his name up vertically like a sort of acrostic poem
It is incredibly ugly. Hegseth wrote a whole book being racist and now...
it's some sad shit
With those credentials a GOP rep might get bumped up to committee *chair* nowadays.
I remember when Tom Cotton literally called for the US military to be used against US citizens on US soil, and it never even made the news, in 2021.
He must be just kicking himself right now.
Only 6 years later…
That is why I'm horrified all the time. They are just wandering around all racist.
Probably the same people doing the posting.
Say what you like about Die Sturmer, but the agony column was WILD...
The daily stormer attacked Jews, just like Ilhan Omer is doing here. That’s what you’re pointing out, right?
Governments can be criticized and so can leaders. 🙄
Sure! But outrageous exaggerations like “war criminal” should be avoided. That’s dehumanizing Nazi talk.
www.ap.org/news-highlig...
Bogus. I’m sorry you believe lies. I’m muting you know, you have nothing to contribute.
Who do you trust to determine war crimes if not the top war crimes court? I’m confused who could tell you it’s a war crime and you wouldn’t say bogus
Charges mean nothing. And there’s far too much evidence that the charges are either exaggerated or completely bogus.
You're wasting your time.
Sure.
It's not an exaggeration.
I disagree. I have only seen “proof” coming from known liars and antisemites.
www.foreignaffairsreview.com/home/why-net...
Additionally: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Why is she still posting there???
Now in 2025, the Leaders Stand Proud in their Extremism. This is frightening and a time for me to Protest against it.
I remember stumbling across a “NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT” forum 10+ years ago for an MMO group, and the “New Jersey” section that was “NSFW/free speech” had a pinned thread where users were discussing skull sizes and how this proved “race realism.” Now, that’s half the president’s cabinet.
It's important. Keep going 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Remember when Howard Dean expressed joy too loudly?
Have we memory-holed that GOP members of Congress aided and abetted in the ATTEMPTED MURDER of their colleagues on Jan 6? Never forget who these people are.
I mean, they aided and abetted their own attempted murder at the same time. These are not very bright people, and things got out of hand.
[me nodding as I tap my sign] bsky.app/profile/clay...
This is standard zionist hatred.
ARAB - All Republicans Are Bastards
We should hammer the message that Randy Fine and the people who support him are weird. A freakish *minority*. They don't have principles to be ashamed over, but they *are* sensitive to being called out as the aberration. They fear being a minority because they know what they want to do to others.
It’s still shocking and horrifying. Most of all it is disappointing, to see how many fellow humans have lost their humanity to the thrill of the guillotine :(
"Whoever debases others is debasing himself." ~ James A. Baldwin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B...
Sadly, it's not deeply shocking in the slightest.
This would have been a whole news cycle not too long ago.
There are simply no good republicans. They've shown it repeatedly: the house vote on the reconciliation bill, all the confirmation hearings, etc. Every single one is a Nazi and proud of it. The US is lost, we're Nazi controlled.
Evergreen skeet ⭐️
Yeah, we're deep into the "elected officials should act like 12 years olds on social media" phase of whatever hellscape we're living in. I miss the days this would be shocking to enough people to make a ripple.
First he jumped the shark and I said nothing because I'm not a shark. Then he jumped the alligator...
Shocking would imply a lack of expectation. When expectations are low, it is hard to shock.
It's been like this for decades.
Not normal behavior at all!
This is just sickening 💔
District next door to me - didn't get the pleasure of voting against him.
So all Muslims are terrorists now?
Randy Fine is genuinely human garbage and an embarrassment to the people of Daytona and the rest of his district.
You assume the GOP can feel shame?
Feelings cannot be prosecuted and held to account, behavior can. 😉 And not just “judicially.”
That would be a pleasant change!
that's why they're homo/transphobic
They don’t cuz they are all narcissists
Ew! What an embarrassment to Congress.
Ye gods and little fishes. What even the fuck is wrong with these people?!?
.. Believe it. Because he's absolutely right. Smart democrats know this, just as we understood, sadly, that WW2 had to be fought and won, unconditionally. The existential comparisons are apt, notwithstanding that the allies killed more than TEN million people during that war. #seektruth
I don't know why people are shocked by any of this. They've been telling us who they are for decades.
OMG!
He’s disgusting.
More than a hundred innocent lives lost in recent flooding, with more bodies still to recover. Meanwhile this guy rests his head safely on a pillow tonight and sleeps through to another morning. Make it make sense.
As a Florida resident of 25 years , this is totally on brand for Randy Fine. The man is a monster and a fundamentalist zealot. His fingerprints are on every single anti LGBTQ law here like a murder scene.
And when it comes to Muslims he is horrifically worse.
I'd be curious if he's had "kinkiness" issues himself, and whether as far as being a champion of Christianity vs. Islam, he's also an untrained fish out of water. I do not trust these charlatans to get the time of day right looking at the court house clock.
He and his wife are credibly rumored to.
The point not being to talk about it as how great we are of ourselves, but a factor that's obstructing God's desirous spirit. He might even mean well but is being a carnal clumsy bum about it.
As a resident of (SW) Florida for 4 years now, it’s not just ‘on brand’ for Randy Fine—every person I’ve met since moving here behaves like this at one point or another. I’m sure there’s normal, well-to-do people who act like mature adults somewhere in this state, but WHERE?!
Oh my sweet summer child. Randy Fine isn't the far end of Florida Bigotry, he's halfway from it. It gets so so so much worse than him. Then you have the ones in the Rock Scott/DeSantis direction or that Floridaman in the Whitehouse....
And what does that say about his constituents?
Florida is gerrymandered six ways from Sunday And about as much democracy as taliban controlled Afghanistan
I have noticed that the loudest anti-LGBTQ are usually repressed gays themselves. Just look at Speaker Johnson!
So help remove him from office
Not in my district otherwise I would. Problem is the Democrats mount as much opposition as a tent in a hurricane
That’s a national top down problem.
Sadly yes.
Yup, just as water is wet and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Randy Fine doesn't work for Floridians, never has. He only represents AIPAC.
Randy Fine is a POS. And, a cunt!
It seems like one way to handle this kind of BS is to make it reflect back on their donors: use their social media to ask them why they're supporting him, maybe even boycott with a demand that they not support candidates who lie & stir up divisions.
Or cancel vacation plans in FL & let them know that you don't feel safe when leaders are promoting hatred.
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social will you condemn this guy?
Nah, she loathes Muslim people.
Ilhan Omar does suck ass though.
They get applauded for their honesty by MAGA cult . At the same time telling the world how they’ve felt secretly all along
What the fuck has happened to your country.
Unfortunately what we're seeing now is the natural outcome of what began at the country's inception.
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300 characters is simply not enough to go through the whole history. Randy Fine specifically? Literal decades of Fl destroying public education and gerrymandering / voter suppressing itself to the point where nothing a Republican says can get them removed by the voters or otherwise.
You are correct, and I don't understand how it was allowed to happen. I am genuinely worried for the future of your country. I have to admit, unfortunately, that it is tempered with self interest. As what these rampant maniacs are doing affects the rest of the world.
If it matters I'm not even worried anymore cause my country has been a thing I've hated since I was a kid. But I still campaigned for Hillary in 16 and made sure all my friends vote and got them to vote in primaries in 18 on so I guess I'm trying to make it better... I guess.
It's taken its mask off and stopped pretending it wasn't founded and run by fascists
It's always been like this, just hidden better. Now it's out in the open.
#unseatfine #hatecrime #antiamerican #unfit #wtaf
Heavy ratio tho. Glad to see it.
Randy Fine needs to be [REDACTED FOR LEGAL REASONS]
Yes, this exactly 👍
Randy Fine is Florida's asshole!
Substitute the word 'Muslim' and insert 'Jew' and consider the reaction from across the political spectrum. Islamophobia is considered normal and acceptable in the US. It's sickening
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And it absolutely should not be. 🍉
Racism and bigotry are becoming normalized in the United States. And yes, it’s very sickening.
ARE normalized. Not becoming.
Standard racism is, the kind that is coming would make the Klan blush.
This is good old 50's style racism. back when America was great, i guess.
Would that make their sheets turn pink?? Just out of curiosity..
In fundamentalist Christofacist ideology, neither Islam nor Judaism are viable. Jews are friends because their conquest of the land from sea to river is essential to usher in the Apocalypse and Second Coming. (After that, they’re destined for judgement.) Islam and all others, to them, are pure evil.
Yep, it looks like muslims are not human beings so that evil Florida senator can make such a statement. And the Magats salivate listening & reading this type of disgusting and hateful statements.
Bigotry and racism of any stripe is now the norm. I’m old enough to remember when Abu Ghraib was a scandal denounced by both parties. Now we have the GOP lining up for photo ops like this.
Can’t you? Fine is notorious enough for being a raging asshole that even the voters in his not-terribly-fastidious state failed to elect him to national office multiple times.
Randy Fine is a fat, lazy, racist Jew.
So much for professionalism and decorum
Randy is not a Democrat lol.
Florida resident here. Randy Fine is a shit weasel of immense proportions. Here he is, tuff guy, hiding behind his desk trying to avoid a subpoena after he said some horrid shit about Brevard County School Board member Jennifer Jenkins. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...
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Looks and acts like a pedo
Hysterical! Found the video here too: www.instagram.com/reel/C07M536...
Lmaoo what
It's unreal, right!? As an employee of any company anywhere on earth, if you said anything like this it would be IMMEDIATE termination. They don't think what they're saying is remotely problematic and apparently as an employee of the government that makes these rules, it doesn't apply to them.
Yes, 100% I had reposted the original with the same conclusion. It's one thing to see this from randos on the internet, but seeing this daily from officials is another level of sociopathic behavior on a public scale
Officials that are "our" employees. A reflection of the people that put them there. Here in Florida, there's an abundance that think this is perfectly fine. And, a follow...
Most of the country can't believe Ilhan Omar is in Congress....nor Tlaib, AOC, Pressley or Crockett either....all incompetent, dishonest ideologues
He's kinda genocidal, that Bibi Netenyahu killing people wanting food, trying to take property from Palestinians, stealing land and blocking relief shipments. Took care of Hamas now wants to obliterate and take over the entire area
His constituents agree.
I can believe it. This tool serves gaetzs former district. He’s a known idiot. That district had a chance to elect a capable candidate a veteran no less and they elected this booger.
He gets away with racist comments and views….insulting others because he is a jew…He can be racist,Islamophobic just like the other racist jew of Stephen Miller….their perpetual victimhood card and their labeling other of being antisemites is their shield…
Just a reminder: Elizabeth Warren was censured by the senate for the unforgivable sin of quoting Corretta Scott King accurately.
Warren read a letter about Jeff Sessions written by Coretta Scott King. “In his objection, McConnell cited King's accusation that Sessions had used ‘the awesome power of his office to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens.’” www.npr.org/sections/the...
What do expect from a MAGAT???
I'm sure the majority of the 50,000 Palestinians killed by bullets, bombs, or purposeful starvation were not terrorists.
Regardless of political differences, it’s disturbing to see this level of personal and inflammatory rhetoric between elected officials. We should expect better from our representatives.
He is not a serious adult.
Dear god, what is happening here
JFC! Unbelievable!
Another mediocre white man with small dick energy that has a platform. What a useless cunt of a man. All you have to do is take a look at this loser and you can see that he's a keyboard Warrior and a pussy ass bitch
Fuuuuuuuuuuuu-uck that guy
All Republicans Are Bad.
It's not difficult for Randy to show how much of a bigot he is without actually saying he's a bigot.
Seems to me that Randy isn't "fine" in the head. Fuck these racists.
I really don't think most people understand what a subhuman piece of garbage #RandyFine is
He is still an absolute turd but being a prick about fat people makes you slime too.
Go work out. It's easy to do. I'm a heavy dude myself but I can still work a day on a construction site if I had to.
Him being fat has nothing to do with him being human scum, you are just fatphobic.
If Randy were a nice morbidly obese person I'd have nothing to say. He's not. He's a violent, brutal glutton who cheers when children are killed in the Middle East. So I'll be a little mean about his weight with relish. Just a little!
Just look at him it says it all. Nothing but the lowest of low for the 47 administration
There are nice fat people. Congressman Fine is not one of them. He is a murderous monster who belongs under investigation, not in the halls of power.
He ate his competition??
His response is exactly why more people need to be punched in the face for what they say. They're too many people walking around thinking they can say anything to anyone and it's all because no one has punched them in the face before
Yep! They need to start confronting mother fuckers face to face.
and then confront them fist to face
and charges of assault
My God finally someone said what I’m thinking all the time. When I was growing up you didn’t talk shit to people because face-to-face consequences. Now everyone is online & some say most vile things b/c anon, bodyguards or speech& debate clause. Punching cowards in the face would do them a favor.
Well Omar ought to be able to find someone to give her some punchy words to say back to Fine. Same speech & debate clause, right?
Fine is a charlatan who deserves it, by the way. The more he sticks his neck out, the more red that shows.
Reminds me of when I was a kid, and Nazis wanted to march in Skokie, Ill. I commented that they should be met with baseball bats, with which my aunt who lived in Chicago disagreed. And here we are.
You were on the right side of history
Or the left side of history, as the case may be.
always a fan of some good wordplay
In 2025, Left is Right, and Right Is Wrong
I used to think I was conservative. Accompanied my GOP dad to a "nominating meeting" in late '80s. My dad told me that he could get me a delegate ticket to the national convention if I wanted. I declined with some version of - nope, those people are crazy. And here we are.
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" Mike Tyson. Great quote, and very relatable here!!
at the very least he needs a milkshake thrown on him every time he appears in public. his family & colleagues should be able to detect him from twenty yards off by the smell of spoiled milkshake
Milkshakes aren't enough. He needs to experience physical trauma to deter him from making similar statements. Just having to have his clothes dry-cleaned is not enough of a punishment
In here before Trump issues an order banning milkshakes.
Puscifer's "Remedy" has seen a bunch of playtime for me lately, and it's not like it is right in the nose about this phenomenon or anything.
That was the first thing that popped into my mind after reading that comment. 🤣
A lot of Jews share a similar sentiment
I don’t classify Fine as a Jew. He’s a zionist. They all think in that lunatic fashion.
On the US at any rate I'm pretty sure there are more non-Jewish Zionists than Jewish ones. Something about an end times death cult and/or ethnostate supporters.
The American Xtian zionists are crazier than American/Israeli zionists. But many American secular Jews don’t realize they’re more zionist than Jewish. It’s a con job by Israel. But the young American secular Jews are catching on, as seen in the doc Israelism. Ppl can watch it for free on YouTube.
This shows you're in quite the bubble. At the low end, 80% of U.S. Jews believe in Israel. This survey pegged 85% believing in the continued U.S. support of Israel. www.ajc.org/survey2024
It's just more of that "American exceptionalism" we've heard so much about over the years. The guy is an "exceptional" piece of sh*t, as are most of his MAGA colleagues in Congress, in the White House and in the SCOTUS.
I realize it's important to talk about this awful shit, but there are ways of doing so that don't involve directly posting screenshots of hate speech and expanding its reach.
I hate MAGA!
WHAT???
She should sue him for defamation. Given the lunacy of the MAGA crowd, this could potentially put her life at risk.
Again.
Randy Fine is such an asshole.
I can believe it
Don't worry, I'm sure the ethics committee is on it!
That’s the most disgusting & offensive response I’ve ever heard. That GOP cunt should be kicked out of office. Fucking asshole.
This happens every fucking day and you can't believe it's real
Wow. Every time I think GOP members of Congress can’t sink lower, they do.
Clearly Randy Fine doesn’t mind being a vile racist piece of sh*t
Paid for with a worldly price, therefore he honors GAWD.
A lot of older Dems in Congress seem unwilling to fight back because they see Republican members as normal colleagues, and that isn’t remotely the case.
The unstated aim of the GOP is to enjoy the killing of as many kids as they can, wherever they can - be it Texas, Sandy Hook, Sudan or Palestine. A Necrophiliac Death Cult getting their sick kicks from suffering.
That's just a tiny dick move.
The fact he doesnt get ratiod after this comment shows how fuckedup everything is, especially on X but im not so sure it wouldnt be the same anywhere.
He's a swine.
Honestly, that seems like a pretty tame response for Fine.
Fucking Nazis.
Absolutely sickening
Randy is not Fine.
FUCK!
Knowing him, I can.
dang dude, we really are a fascist country now
All too easy to believe, actually.
I hope those fucks don't act all surprised when the consequences begin to happen to them, after trump is gone and they aren't at the helm anymore.
Randy Fine is and always has been a tool. mynews13.com/fl/orlando/n...
@alt-text.bsky.social
Disgusting. Nothing will happen.
Shameful
so he confirms Netanyahu is a genocidal killer.
May Karma come for him soon!
Fucking remove him.
I have a better idea.
Weird how much he seems to LIKE the idea that Beni murders Palestinians in droves...
It’ll be OK, Hakeem Jeffries will probably move to censure her.
Both of them completely unhinged. Meanwhile both sides of American politics only see one of them as unhinged. And that is the problem with American politics.
Yah that’s a wow.
I can believe it! They are the White Supremacy Fascist party.
What a piece of loathsome shit that dude is….
JFC!
Racist motherfucker
GOP (GASLIGHTING OUR PEOPLE) non stop has slipped off the cliff and landed in uglyville! The Felon of 34 wants USA fighting each other he’s promoting the hate the division it’s his plan-Just as 1936 Nazi Germany Hitler did!! Divide them and conquer it!! USA YOUR NOT SEEING IT AND I DONT KNOW WHY!
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Maybe it's time to bring back Democrats caning Republicans?
He really is a jerk.
I will hold my breath waiting for him to be censured
You will be missed.
Randy Fine is the rabid Zionist who recently called for a nuclear attack on Gaza.
Censuring would not be enough. Expelling, perhaps.
Jeebus
It's a shame some nation hasn't taken care of this yet.
No low is low enough for them…
WOW CONGRESSMAN FINE? Beyond words at the momento! WOW! 🤯
They’re both equally vile.
Randy Fine is low slime
That looks like a subtle death threat, not only vile hate speech, from a member of Congress directed at another.
But Fine has an excuse-he’s a fucking twat
I prefer Larry Fine.
Larry Fine would be a better rep.
They don’t even feign decency anymore.
Wow, what a pos.
This is another data point showing why civil war is not only inevitable, but desirable at this point. How else do you reset *everything*.
White christian nationalists have committed more acts of domestic terrorism in the US than any other group
Randy Fine is appalling.
Congressman Fine is an inhuman pig who needs to be roasted and censured for this comment.
Congressman Fine (R-FL), needs to resign.
A golf course on your page is off putting ~
What a miserable prick.
They have been emboldened by a lawless president, SCOTUS and their party. All hate is welcome and expected by the GOP
Fat shaming is bigoted behavior, no matter who it's aimed at. There seem to be plenty of other, politically relevant things to criticize about this Congressman.
Yep. It’s shitty and lazy. Don’t do it.
And strategically unhelpful since it alienates anyone who might look like that but is on your side politically. So wrong AND stupid.
So that’s where all the AIPAC money goes
Wow. What an absolute piece of shit. Hope she sues him for defamation.
Randy Find is a democrat?
This is the problem . Too much of the dem party is still made up of former Republicans from the Clinton Era.
The GoP is a racist, bigoted cult.
MAGA supremacists only support white MEN. Competent women, disabled, veterans, gay, POC, minorities, & anyone "non standard" sexually? "Those DEI people" should work as min-wage slaves, be deported, trafficked, incarcerated, or die. "Diplomat" tweet below = US NAZI plan."
From Florida is all you need to know.
Fine is not fine. He is a piece of shit.
Fortunately for Congressional decorum, Democratic leadership will certainly demand censure. Of Omar.
Randy Fine should add more salt to his diet. It's OK to get the large fry instead of the medium, or that third patty on your burger. Add a shake.
Donnie's Ghoulliannis are pathologically sociopathic.
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Randy Fine is “the state rep who publicized the phone # of Jennifer Jenkins, the woman who ousted [Tina] Descovich [of Moms for Liberty] from the Brevard County school board & who consequently was targeted for harassment by the Brevard County Moms for Liberty & their allies” By Peter Greene, 6/28/23
Disgusting, uncalled for and, violence inciting rhetoric.
Shameful
I don't understand why MAGA is so behind Netanyahu. I mean the whole "Christianity" thing? Two conflicting ideals honestly. Netanyahu has never and still isn't interested in a 2 state solution.
the logical mistake is to assume that people who call themselves "Christians" spend even one second thinking about what values they're supposed to uphold and defend as part of their "faith". They're just along for the free eternal life perk without understanding it's not actually free.
I love asking them what their values are. "Uhhh."
Even without getting into the religious aspect, they care more about getting rid of the non-white people than the other religion (for now)
The more religious Republicans hope Netanyahu helps to bring forth the literal end of the world and return of Jesus Christ through genocide. The less religious Republicans just like genocide.
People probably don’t realize how right you are.
He thinks he’s invincible.. like tacoboy
MAGA is heavily Christian zionist. They believe that once the Jews all to return to Israel, Jesus will return and the final battle between good and evil will happen, something they desperately want. Like Netanyahu, they're aren't interested in a 2 state solution.
Fun fact: There are 30 million Christian zionists in the U.S. alone. The global Jewish population is 15 million.
Organized religion being wielded by non religious people will be the death of us all.
What gets ignored in this fever-dream of a scenario is that all the Jews have to either convert or die for this to happen. Given this, I am perennially gobsmacked that Israel is in bed with these people.
Agreed
It is weird right? I mean, Trump is for sure a Nazi too. Like Nazis all around here
100% weird, IMO.
I mean, they must think they can use him. Do you think Vance is a Nazi? Like does he hate Jews? What about Thiel?
Disgusting! 🤬
He is. scum
www.cf.org/news/arrest-...
The only thing that he deserves is a Public Hanging.
Then a trial! It would be like Taco Supreme’s approach to everything…Fire, Ready, Aim!
Well, the Holocaust was never intended by the righteous but sometimes severe Lord to be a tutorial -- riiiiiight?
A problem I believe exists among modern Jews (post diaspora) is to be too copacetic with zeitgeists for the sake of earthly gain. It might have been something pretty spiritually insidious that got them hanging on in Germany when better sense would have alerted them to flee well ahead of Hitler.
you can call Randy Fine's office at 202-225-2706.
He’s not an American politician, he’s an Israeli asset.
Wow and no shame at all from him
As someone who grew up in a racist, rural part of the country, I 100% believe it. The difference, of course is that he feels empowered to do this on a national platform. Back then, it was a small town with rednecks being shouted down by a few people like me. Now the rednecks are running the country.
Led by a white trash rapist felon insurrectionist traitor.
Randy is just seething because the American people are increasingly waking up to the reality of who the real terrorists are.
Fine should be censured for this. But, Republicans refuse to hold any of their caucus to any standard of decorum, yet will scream bloody murder if a Dem acts like this fool.
Sadly, racism and xenophobia and ethnic cleansing seems so on brand for those in power these days…
Randy Fine is engaging in stochastic terrorism. Passive aggressive coward. I bet if she confronted him in person he’d fold like a wet tent.
Fascists live on stochastic terrorism. Trump modeled the behavior, popularized it on Jan 6, and now his whole mob does it.
In a country where a pro slavery representative beat his colleagues within an inch of his life and he got gifted a new with a congratulatory engraving? It is more puzzling open carry didn't become the norm after the tea party got into Congress.
Florida, you say. Well, I never.
I can. Look at that fat Nazi piece of shit. He hasn’t seen his dick in 20 years and thinks it’s brown peoples fault. Fuck that guy, and put his racist ass in the ocean with the rest of them
I can totally believe it... Because Randy is a piece of shit.
Randy is randy, not Fine
This can't keep happening without consequences.
He called her a terrorist! That might meet the ‘malice’ standard for slander since he must know he has made a false claim.
Statements of opinion, even when they are vile, are not defamation.
That might work in an unbiased court. Good luck trying to find one.
That’s what we have a jury system for, right? E Jean Carroll comes to mind.
I can't help but think about this contempt proceeding being held up by 2 F47 appointees. Or Cannon slow walking the documents case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...?
Yes, biased judges are problematic, but the case against Randy Fine would be for defamation, so presumably plaintiff could choose between a jury or bench trial.
It’s opinion, not defamation.
Careful, he *is* a Republican. It's generally safe to assume they don't know much about anything.
He is probably protected by the speech or debate clause.
I think that applies to statements made during the legislative process, but twitter?
I think the Supreme Court has interpreted it to apply very broadly, but I'm not a lawyer, so who knows.
Is that a thing that can go to the courts, with both being members of Congress?
The malice standard is necessary because they are public figures. Are you asking because you think the separation of powers applies?
I'd just be curious about any legality (speech and debate, or whatever).
Speech and debate clause of the Constitution covers what is said during legislative proceedings and so would not apply to tweets. That is my understanding of civics.
And I don't think I'd ever heard about such a lawsuit but hey, it could be something obscure. I am uneven in my civics understanding.
I'm just getting kind of a feeling that the best answer would be a low key but candid exposure of Fine by Omar, again in a tweet. I'm personally Christian but I think most modern Muslims have it closer to God than Fine. Fine would lose a hypocrisy test hands down.
She is free to respond as she likes, but punishment requires taking his money because this Congress will never sanction him for bigotry.
Bumping him off his high horse and otherwise swallowing her pride might be more productive, but yes she has to choose.
Swallow her pride? Let it slide? Turning the other cheek is Christian dogma. Is it also Islam?
Well, Google told me this Islam has a concept similar to "turning the other cheek" found in Christianity, which emphasizes forgiveness, patience, and responding to negativity with positivity, especially in personal matters.
But Omar ought to be able to tell him off in Congress or in a press release.
He should be censured. Immediately.
What the fuck
These racists always have a certain look. A fuzzy thumb with veneers.
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His two digit IQ is showing!
Randy Fine is a piece of shit and both sides of the aisle agree on this. Try and ignore him.
Being vile is the point. Republicans now just compete to see who can be the most vile heartless assholes because thats what cool tough guys do didnt you know just ask their daddy. Fucking bitches.
FYI, Now AIPAC is holding around 331 seats in the US House of Representatives www.trackaipac.com/congress
Future and incumbent Democrats should be urged to drop AIPAC. It is poison. Let the grass roots people do the boosting instead.
Completely agree
FYI, Now AIPAC is holding around 331 seats in the US House of Representatives. www.trackaipac.com/congress
Yes, I saw it above. Zionist Israel might pretty fairly say "We have bought the US House." This threat needs to be defused, at least as far as Democrats are concerned. But with Trump being Skunk Supreme, I'm guessing that may be baked into the cake to come.
Anyhow, the immediate thing that started this brouhaha, Omar's complaint about Netanyahu, which I believe pretty well didn't say anything the ICC hasn't already said, isn't WRONG. GOP turning it into an offensefest isn't going to succeed in deflecting, if Omar can regain her head.
"Oh, you're a terrorist" is just silly projection. That's not so at this stage of the game. Omar could say "no, Zionist Israel, you're criminally paranoid and machiavellian, to boot!" And I am saying this as a liberal Christian. I've been thru the bible enough to know God frowns on that behavior
The world know who the real terrorists are, now.
I think Zionist Israel, along with supposed Christians in the USA, have really vied for the bottom. Hamas is an issue, yes. But Zionist Israel oddly fomented that in Gaza. A more ordinary "regime change" that the USA is very familiar with would have put a moderate party in Gaza. This is from hell
And the Gazan kids, which is where your perspective is I take it, are caught in the middle. As a liberal Christian who also had some Jewish faith background before that, I vouch from my heart that this is spiritual stinkpot -- NOT the peace that both faiths supposedly flaunt.
Do you know what happened to Cory Bush and Jamaal Bowman? AIPAC knocked them out of Congress bcz they are against genocide. I think That frightens politicians who don't wanna lose their seats.
When it was business as usual, that could be formidable. We do not have business as usual. We have an open skunk in the White House now. He isn't a president as in 1.0. He is a de facto king as much as cabal collusion can afford. Politicians tend to live in the rear view mirror, the best I see.
But Trump is not the common politician. He is as dangerous as actual hell.
Sorry, I sent many replies, until I sent it twice.
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In any other time, Fine would be censured. He should be censured immediately & Netanyahu should be arrested & deported to The Hague
Where’s the censure? We know if the tables were turned the censure would be swift. Appalling behavior from a sitting member of congress.
Why? Maga sucks.
At the very, very least, he needs to be censured.
He's evil no other way around what he said.
I can. They are EVIL.
Randy doesn't live in his district. He also threatened to defund Special Olympics. www.floridatoday.com/story/news/p...
This is the mark of a sociopath
Idk anything about Florida. Is Melbourne Beach his district or no?
Fine still lives in FL08 (Melbourne/Brevard County), but when Waltz was appointed as NSA, Fine ran in FL06, which is Daytona, about an hour north. Florida doesn’t require you to live in your own district and Republicans vote for party, not people
No.
an unabashed loser
He's living all the antisemitic stereotypes, isn't he?
Randy fits the profile. Fugly, inside and out.
Looking at the photo one word only comes to mind: oink
Maybe he could do with defunding his own pie addiction.
lol
Did you know that there are overweight people in this world who agree with your politics? Some of them could even be in this thread right now. Do you think those people feel good seeing a supposed “ally” make fun of their body type?
I'm fat. I'll allow it. I do disagree though. His size is his only redeeming quality.
I admit I had doubts about making a point about his physical appearance. And I do feel guilty. If there are any overweight people who object that I used that slur, I apologise. But not to him.
Oh hell no!
This man is Satan!!! He is just evil. We tried to get him out in the special election, but it didn't happen. He is hated here in Florida more and more so maybe it is time at midterms.
I can. Randy Fine is an absolute POS.
I remember YEARS ago when I saw Laura Loomer tweet something that was SO ridiculously Islamophobic I thought it was fake Sad that I am no longer shocked and no longer think ANYTHING is fake
I'm shocked that these ignorant asses feel empowered and encouraged to throw their stupid hot takes out there without consequence. He's disgusting.
We should start banning all white men from entering the country since they commit so many mass shootings. They're all the same after all
I am sure the god loving Christian Speaker of The House will punish Fine. 🙄 Wait, he liked Randy’s tweet.
They're hyp hyp hypocrites.
Randy Fine is an ignorant person!
Why? Every single republic in congress is a racist asshole.
What's so hard to believe? That ALL GOP members are mendacious turd-gobblers? That morals are only something you find in a book of Aesop? That Republicans' loyalty extends as far as the nearest branch office? That none of them have a measurable IQ?
Why is this not a sanctionable comment?
Because the Nazis are running the show now. They're not much into giving a F.
Fine is a fvcking embarrassment as are most of the representatives and both of the senators from Florida. 🖕🏽all of them
This response by Randy Fine is beyond the pale and not worthy of a sitting member of Congress. 🤬😡
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Nothing said by Republicans surprises me.
This $h1t should not be tolerated in any way, shape or form. Imagine how fast you would be marched to HR and fired if you did this in your job?! But these idiots get a free pass to be vile pieces of $h1t and all that happens is the shrug of the shoulders or a stern finger-waving. Disgraceful.
Such rampant hate 🥺