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(The Guardian) Democrats call on Randy Fine to resign following Islamophobic social media post
After Republican congressman Randy Fine posted an Islamophobic comment to social media over the weekend, the backlash from Democrats has been swift.
On Sunday, the GOP lawmaker from Florida wrote: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
Fine later wrote, “for context, this is the leader of one of the key mainstream Muslim groups that supported Mamdani” and shared a comment from Nerdeen Kiswani – a Palestinian activist – who wrote that dogs are “unclean” and they shouldn’t be “indoor pets”. Kiswani later told NBC News in an email that her original comment was “satire” based on a “hyper local NYC conversation” about dog waste in the city after the recent snow storm. She told NBC News that she was “satirizing Islamophobic hysteria portraying Mamdani’s mayoralty as a societal takeover”.
After Fine took to social media, Kiswani noted that “no one told Randy to get rid of his dogs” and said that Fine concoted a narrative around “banning dogs” as an “excuse to post genocidal rhetoric against Muslims”. “Illiterate boomers really turned my joke into a national headline,” she said in a post on X.
Several Democrats have decried Fine’s post, and called on Republican leadership to act quickly.
“Randy Fine is a disgrace to the United States Congress. He is an Islamophobic, disgusting and unrepentant bigot,” said House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. “It is unacceptable that Mike Johnson and House Republicans continue to remain silent. Their casual acceptance of hateful and divisive language enables this out-of-control behavior. Republican leaders must hold this so-called Member of Congress accountable.”
Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, called on speaker Johnson to should strip him of Fine of all his committees and assignments. “He should be forced to resign,” Garcia added.
In a statement, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Fine’s post is “genuinely one of the most disgusting statements I have ever seen issued by an American official”, while also calling for him to be censured and stipped of his committees. “It should not stop shocking us that the Republican Party openly embraces this,” she added.
Fine has since doubled down on his comments over the weekend, with a spree of subsequent media interviews. “My post was in response to a major Muslim leader saying dogs should be forbidden from New York City – because to some Muslims, it bothers them,” Fine told Newsmax in an interview on Tuesday. “Well, if they’re going to make us choose between our dogs and them going home, the choice is easy.”
Later today, we can expect to hear more of Fine’s defense when he joins far-right activist Laura Loomer on her show at 9:30pm ET.
After Republican congressman Randy Fine posted an Islamophobic comment to social media over the weekend, the backlash from Democrats has been swift.
On Sunday, the GOP lawmaker from Florida wrote: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
Fine later wrote, “for context, this is the leader of one of the key mainstream Muslim groups that supported Mamdani” and shared a comment from Nerdeen Kiswani – a Palestinian activist – who wrote that dogs are “unclean” and they shouldn’t be “indoor pets”. Kiswani later told NBC News in an email that her original comment was “satire” based on a “hyper local NYC conversation” about dog waste in the city after the recent snow storm. She told NBC News that she was “satirizing Islamophobic hysteria portraying Mamdani’s mayoralty as a societal takeover”.
After Fine took to social media, Kiswani noted that “no one told Randy to get rid of his dogs” and said that Fine concoted a narrative around “banning dogs” as an “excuse to post genocidal rhetoric against Muslims”. “Illiterate boomers really turned my joke into a national headline,” she said in a post on X.
Several Democrats have decried Fine’s post, and called on Republican leadership to act quickly.
“Randy Fine is a disgrace to the United States Congress. He is an Islamophobic, disgusting and unrepentant bigot,” said House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. “It is unacceptable that Mike Johnson and House Republicans continue to remain silent. Their casual acceptance of hateful and divisive language enables this out-of-control behavior. Republican leaders must hold this so-called Member of Congress accountable.”
Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, called on speaker Johnson to should strip him of Fine of all his committees and assignments. “He should be forced to resign,” Garcia added.
In a statement, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Fine’s post is “genuinely one of the most disgusting statements I have ever seen issued by an American official”, while also calling for him to be censured and stipped of his committees. “It should not stop shocking us that the Republican Party openly embraces this,” she added.
Fine has since doubled down on his comments over the weekend, with a spree of subsequent media interviews. “My post was in response to a major Muslim leader saying dogs should be forbidden from New York City – because to some Muslims, it bothers them,” Fine told Newsmax in an interview on Tuesday. “Well, if they’re going to make us choose between our dogs and them going home, the choice is easy.”
Later today, we can expect to hear more of Fine’s defense when he joins far-right activist Laura Loomer on her show at 9:30pm ET.