House Democratic leaders call on GOP congressman to apologize over 'unhinged, racist and Islamophobic' attack on Ilhan O

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

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Source: CNN

House Democratic leaders call on GOP congressman to apologize over ‘unhinged, racist and Islamophobic’ attack on Ilhan Omar

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 9:50 PM EDT, Wed July 9, 2025

(CNN) — Top House Democratic leaders condemned GOP Rep. Randy Fine and demanded that he apologize after the Florida lawmaker suggested in a post on X that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is a terrorist.

Fine was replying to an X post from Omar on Tuesday, in which she said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “should be held accountable for his crimes,” and, “war criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress,” after Netanyahu met with House Speaker Mike Johnson.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last year for Netanyahu, Israel’s former defense minister, and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes during and after the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel. The prime minister’s office has dismissed the warrants as antisemitic.

Fine wrote in response to Omar’s post, “I’m sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists. The only shame is that you serve in Congress.”

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/ilhan-omar-randy-fine-house-democrats

[FirstLight]

1. Sick.

These racists will be going after the muslim community next... that's why Netanyahu was here, most likeley

[marble falls]

2. I wish them good luck on an unlikely outcome that will come with an added doubledown. ...

... that said we need to keep Fine's shit in light for as long as possible. Miracles do happen.