Fine (right) being sworn in as a U.S. Representative by House Speaker Mike Johnson (left), April 2025. Photograph Source: Office of Speaker Mike Johnson – Public Domain

On May 22, Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC as they were leaving an event for young diplomats. The alleged shooter is thirty-one-year-old pro-Palestine activist Elias Rodriguez of Chicago. Video taken at the scene by an eyewitness shows Rodriguez, shouting “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody. “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” Rodriguez told the arresting officers.

The day after the shootings, Randy Fine, a Republican who represents Florida’s 6th congressional district, appeared on FoxNews.[1] Fine, who describes himself on his personal page on X (formerly Twitter) as “Jewish and proud. Zionist,” said:

“This is what globalizing the intifada looks like. Palestinianism is built on violence. … This is a culture built on violence and we need to start to treat it that way. … We need to start to call evil for what it is, and not make excuses for it. And the fact of the matter is, the Palestinian cause is an evil one. …”

Asked about the possibility of a cease-fire in Gaza, Fine said:

“The only end of the conflict is complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror. In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here. There is something deeply, deeply wrong with this culture and it needs to be defeated.”

Tucker Carlson, of all people, called Fine’s May 23 remarks “evil” and wondered why Fine has not been expelled from Congress.

In fairness to the congressman—fairness that Fine does not extend to Palestinians and Muslims—and in order to avoid a possible lawsuit for........

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