Randy Fine

Official record

Florida’s 6th District, 2025 special election

The official House biography records that Randy Fine was elected to represent Florida’s 6th Congressional District in April 2025 and was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives by the Speaker on 2 April 2025. The Office of the Clerk records his party as Republican, his hometown as Melbourne Beach, and his oath date as 2 April 2025. He was assigned to the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

The seat had been vacated by Michael Waltz. Ballotpedia records that Fine won the 1 April 2025 special general election with 110,980 votes (56.7%), ahead of Joshua Weil (Democrat) with 83,580 votes (42.7%). Fine’s official biography states that he earlier served eight years in the Florida House, the statutory maximum, before serving in the Florida Senate and then Congress.

Official record

Florida House and Florida Senate

The Florida House of Representatives biographical record states that Fine was elected to the House in 2016 and subsequently re-elected. For the 2022–2024 term the same official record lists him as a Republican for District 33, part of Brevard County, and as chair of the Health & Human Services Committee. Ballotpedia, consistent with contemporaneous Florida reporting, records that before the post-2022 maps he represented Florida House District 53. The Florida Senate records that he served as the Republican senator for District 19 (part of Brevard County) and resigned on 31 March 2025.

The Florida House biographical information records that he was born on 20 April 1974 in Tucson, Arizona, graduated from Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1996) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., with high distinction, 1998), and lists his occupation as businessman. The official congressional biography adds that he founded and ran businesses in retail, technology and hospitality before entering public office, and that colleagues and national Jewish organisations have used the nickname “The Hebrew Hammer” for his work on antisemitism and opposition to terrorism. That nickname also appears in the description of his personal X account. It is recorded here as a self-description and as language used on his official biography, not as a characterisation by this site.

Official record · 2026-08-18

18 August 2026 · official primary result

The Florida Division of Elections published official results for the 18 August 2026 Republican primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Randy Fine won and advanced as the Republican nominee, with 51,109 votes (57.6%). Dan Bilzerian, listed as a Republican candidate and not as an independent, finished second, with 16,776 votes (18.9%). Aaron Baker received 12,074 votes (13.6%) and Charles Gambaro 8,716 votes (9.8%). The four-candidate total is 88,675 votes.

Ballotpedia’s certified table matches those official totals and records that Fine defeated Bilzerian, Baker and Gambaro. It also lists Manuel Asensio as a Republican who withdrew but remained on the ballot, along with other withdrawn or disqualified Republican candidates who do not appear as vote-getters in the Division of Elections official summary table used here. Some unofficial election-night tallies circulating online included slightly different counts, and in at least one case a small Asensio total; this page uses the official certified figures.

Fine was therefore the Republican nominee in the 3 November 2026 general election. This section is confined to the primary challenge from Bilzerian; it does not treat later general-election reporting as a substitute for the official primary record above.

Published video

Owen Jones, 3 April 2025

The video is titled “This Genocidal Psycho Just Got Elected To US Congress: ‘May The Streets of Gaza Overflow With Blood’.” YouTube’s oEmbed record and yt-dlp metadata both identify the channel as Owen Jones (https://www.youtube.com/@OwenJonesTalks), the upload date as 3 April 2025, and the duration as 9 minutes 53 seconds. The description reads: “Newly elected Randy Fine shows that you can say literally anything about Palestinians, with no consequences.” Those are Jones’s words and framing, not this site’s.

Automatic English captions were downloaded from YouTube’s timed-text service. They are machine-generated speech-to-text, not a human-reviewed transcript, and they contain obvious recognition errors. For that reason this page does not treat the captions as a verbatim record of Fine’s speech. Where Jones quotes or describes particular posts, those posts have been checked against X. Where a post could be located, Fine’s words are quoted from the live (or still-public) post, with a date and URL, below. Where a post could not be located, that is stated.

The author’s own words · 2025-02-19

19 February 2025 · “Destroy it all.”

On 19 February 2025, from @VoteRandyFine, Fine wrote: “The Bibas brothers were taken hostage and killed by “Palestinian civilians.” This culture is the embodiment of evil. Destroy it all. #BombsAway” The Jones video discusses this post. The quotation here is from the still-public post, not from the video captions.

The author’s own words · 2025-02-08

8 February 2025 · “I hope they use it.”

On 8 February 2025, from @VoteRandyFine, Fine wrote: “Calling these people animals is unfair to animals. Israel has the MOAB. I hope they use it. #BombsAway” A MOAB is a large conventional bomb, not a nuclear weapon. The post itself does not name Hamas in its text.

The author’s own words · 2025-02-23

23 February 2025 · a definition offered as a slogan

On 23 February 2025, from @VoteRandyFine, Fine wrote: “"Palestinian" is just another word for demon.”

The author’s own words · 2024-05-23

23 May 2024 · “I could care less what happens to Gazans”

On 23 May 2024, from @VoteRandyFine, Fine wrote: “I just want to be exceedingly clear. I could care less what happens to Gazans so long as Americans, young girls, and babies are held hostage. #BombsAway” The wording is quoted exactly, including “could care less.”

The author’s own words · 2025-08-02

2 August 2025 · “Did Gaza deserve it?” — “Yes”

On 2 August 2025, the account @VividProwess posted “Did Gaza deserve it?” with an aerial photograph of destroyed buildings in Gaza. Fine, from the official account @RepFine, replied: “Yes.” The live reply is timestamped 18:13:30 UTC on 2 August 2025 (7:13 pm British Summer Time that evening; 2:13 pm Eastern in Florida). At the time this page checked the post, X recorded about 58,400 views, matching the “58.3K Views” shown on the screenshot. A user-supplied screenshot of the exchange, which this page has checked against the still-public parent post and Fine’s reply, is reproduced below. The published image is cropped to those two posts; a later reply visible in the original file is not shown.

The author’s own words · 2021-06-04

4 June 2021 · “Quite well, actually!”

On 4 June 2021, Maram (@Palestinianengr) replied to Fine: “Supporting killing innocent ppl and babies and smearing voices that fight against genocide for some AIPAC money says a lot about your character! You should be ashamed of yourself! How do you sleep at night??” The post included a graphic photograph of a child in rubble. Fine replied from @VoteRandyFine: “Quite well, actually! Thanks for the pic!” The live post is timestamped 20:45:13 UTC on 4 June 2021 (9:45 pm British Summer Time that evening; 4:45 pm Eastern in Florida). A user-supplied screenshot of the exchange, which this page has checked against the still-public parent post and Fine’s reply, is reproduced below, behind a content warning. The Owen Jones video describes the attached image as a photograph of a dead Palestinian baby under rubble.

Coverage limitation

Words widely attributed, not located as live posts

The Jones video title, and a number of secondary reports, attribute to Fine the sentences “There is no suffering adequate for these animals. May the streets of Gaza overflow with blood,” “Kill. Them. All. #NoMercy #BombsAway,” and “Gaza must be destroyed.” A full-archive search of @VoteRandyFine and @RepFine on 13 November 2026 did not locate a still-public post containing those exact texts. This page therefore does not present those sentences as verified live quotations. If the original posts are produced, this record should be updated.

News reporting · 2025-05-23

What Ynet reported him as saying

Ynet, in an article later updated with a correction, reported that Fine was asked whether the Washington shooting changed the calculus on calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. It quoted him as saying: “The only end of the conflict [in Gaza] is complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror.” It then quoted him as saying: “In World War II, we didn’t negotiate a surrender with the Nazis. We didn’t negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here.” And: “The fact of the matter is the Palestinian cause is an evil one. There is something deeply, deeply wrong with this culture, and it needs to be defeated.”

The same Ynet article ends with this correction: “A previous version of this story included a quote suggesting that Rep. Fine called for the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza. The quote has been removed, and the article has been updated to reflect the accurate details. We apologize for any confusion caused as a result of this error.” On 23 May 2025 Fine himself wrote that Ynet had quoted him as saying “we should nuke Gaza,” called that “a fabricated quote, blatant journalistic malpractice,” demanded a formal apology, and said he would be exploring legal action. After Ynet posted a correction, he wrote that it was “not good enough.”

The author’s own words · 2025-05-26

How he has explained the remark

On 26 May 2025, replying from @VoteRandyFine to a user who had asked whether he had “just call[ed] to nuke Gaza,” Fine wrote a longer explanation: “Neither Fox nor any other legitimate outlet interpreted it as a call to nuke Gaza, which would be a stupid idea on multiple levels (would kill the hostages, fallout drifts into Israel, just to name the two most obvious, and there are many, many, many more). If you watch the full thing, the statement basically is that Hamas is no different than Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan, and we did whatever was needed to get unconditional surrender. In the case of Japan, that involved nuking them not once, but twice. Israel needs to so whatever necessary to obtain the same result -- release of all hostages and unconditional surrender.”

Jewish Insider, in a June 2025 interview, similarly recorded that “contrary to some reports, Fine has denied that he wants to see the territory nuked.” In the same interview it quoted him as arguing that “Palestinians in Gaza are on a level of evil that we saw in Japan and we saw in Germany back in World War II,” and as saying Hamas would not agree to a final surrender “unless the pain is sufficiently great to do that.” Those are Jewish Insider’s quotations of his interview remarks.

The author’s own words · 2025-07-22

22 July 2025 · the post

On 22 July 2025, from @RepFine, Fine quote-posted an ABC News post which said: “Fifteen people have died — including four children — from famine and malnutrition in Gaza in the last 24 hours, Hamas-run health ministry says.” Fine wrote: “Release the hostages. Until then, starve away. (This is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda.)”

News reporting and the author’s own words

The AJC response and later posts

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that the American Jewish Committee issued a statement on X: “The serious humanitarian situation in Gaza must not be taken lightly,” adding, “Implying that starvation is a legitimate tactic is unacceptable.” JTA presented that statement as a response to Fine’s post.

On 24 July 2025, from @RepFine, Fine wrote: “When you wonder why I don't give a shit about Gazans, here is one reason. As if it wasn't enough, there are 1450 more.” On 27 July 2025 he wrote: “There is no starvation. Everything about the “Palestinian” cause is a lie.” On 30 July 2025 he wrote: “If kids were actually starving in Gaza, the New York Times wouldn't have had to use a picture of a child with a rare neuro-muscular condition to lie and claim there was. Everything about the "Palestinian" cause is a lie. Everything.” On 1 August 2025 he wrote: “This is actual starvation. Not AI/Yemeni/genetic disorder/next to fat people bullshit Gazans fake to manipulate the weak and stupid. Israel, do whatever is necessary in and to Gaza to secure the release of Rom Braslavski and the other 49 hostages. Anything. Bombs away.”

The author’s own words · 2025-10-12

“All terrorists deserve death”

On 12 October 2025, from @RepFine, Fine wrote: “I always find it interesting when I say all terrorists deserve death and Muslims like Cenk hear “kill all the Palestinians.” Maybe he knows something we don’t?” The remark is his own summary of how he says his words have been heard. It is not independent confirmation that every earlier post was only about Hamas.

In a 2 August 2025 post he wrote that “Hamas is pure evil,” that “They’re the ones gouging food prices and hoarding supplies to fund their war machine,” and that “They need to wave the white flag or get wiped out, plain and simple,” ending: “The world should be demanding their unconditional surrender. FREE THE HOSTAGES.” On 3 August 2025 he wrote that “Gaza started a genocidal war whose goal was to kill as many men, women, and children as possible,” and that “if Gazans don’t want more of this, they can release the hostages and surrender.” Those posts put the emphasis on Hamas, hostages and surrender. Other posts quoted above, including “starve away,” “I could care less what happens to Gazans,” and “Destroy it all,” are not, on their face, limited to named members of Hamas. Readers can compare the texts.

Attributed comment

How critics describe him

Owen Jones’s video, already cited on this page, is titled “This Genocidal Psycho Just Got Elected To US Congress: “May The Streets of Gaza Overflow With Blood”.” That phrase, “genocidal psycho,” is Jones’s title, not a label of this page. Some users on X have used similar language. On 2 August 2025, in a reply to Fine’s “Yes” post, the account @DiedSuddenly_ (display name Days of Noah) called him a “genocidal maniac.” That is that user’s characterisation, not a finding or a label of this page.

Attributed commentary

CAIR, Jones, and the word ‘genocide’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has, according to Wikipedia’s summary of its statements, labelled Fine an “anti-Muslim extremist” and characterised several of his remarks as “genocidal rhetoric,” including criticism of a post in which he is said to have written “Gaza must be destroyed,” and has called for Congress to condemn and censure him. Those are CAIR’s characterisations. Owen Jones, in the video already cited, argues that the posts amount to “direct and public incitement to commit genocide” under Article III of the 1948 Genocide Convention and under 18 U.S.C. § 1091. That is Jones’s legal argument, not a court finding and not a finding of this page.

The American Jewish Committee’s July 2025 statement, already quoted, did not use the word genocide. It said that implying starvation is a legitimate tactic is unacceptable. As of this review, this page has not located a resolution on Congress.gov recording that the House has voted to censure Fine.

Legal framework

Genocide Convention Article III(c)

Article III of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide lists, among the acts that “shall be punishable,” “(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide.” The United States has implemented related offences in federal criminal law, including 18 U.S.C. § 1091, which addresses genocide and, in that setting, direct and public incitement. Those texts exist independently of this page.

The questions worth asking, and which this page does not answer as a finding, include these. Do these statements amount to direct and public incitement to genocide under Article III(c), or to advocacy of collective punishment? Do they remain, as Fine says, calls for the defeat of Hamas and for unconditional surrender, directed at a terrorist organisation and not at a civilian population? A post that uses “Gazans” or “Palestinian” without naming Hamas is not automatically a legal conclusion either way. Suspicion is not proof. A commentator’s title is not a verdict. Independent Tribunal is an independent public-interest research and accountability initiative, not a court with coercive or judicial powers.

Author’s disclosure

A statement in the author’s own name

Randy Fine was the reason I conditionally and strategically supported Bilzerian’s primary challenge. In that race I supported Dan Bilzerian’s campaign on a provisional and temporary basis. On 10 November 2026 I wrote, from @MarsitaTheUltra: “I support independent candidates, in principle. @DanBilzerian @ElectBilzerian was totally unserious about the campaign, 28.5M followers on Insta and not a single post... Totally unserious. My support to his campaign was provisional and temporary.” The post names Bilzerian and the campaign account @ElectBilzerian. Official election records, set out above, show that Bilzerian ran as a Republican in the 18 August 2026 primary, not as an independent candidate. My post also stated a general principle of supporting independent candidates. This is my own statement, not a finding of this page.

That support was strategic and conditional. It was directed at a candidate with a large Instagram platform — the post gives the figure as 28.5 million followers — and at the possibility of reaching that audience. In politics and diplomacy, one may support or withhold support strategically, based on overarching objectives. An artist looking for an audience is a commonplace example. Support of that kind is not an endorsement of every view a candidate holds. I refuse to call myself, or be labelled, a Nazi supporter.

Author’s disclosure

The author’s view of the Green Party motion

I appreciate the lessons from the “Zionism is racism” motion at the Green Party of England and Wales annual conference in Brighton in October 2026. BBC News reported that members passed the motion on Sunday 4 October 2026 by 1,022 votes to 813, and that Zack Polanski, the party’s leader, left the conference before the vote to campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. He was the Green candidate in that by-election, held on 8 October 2026; he was not the Green candidate in Holborn and St Pancras at the 4 July 2024 general election, when David Stansell stood for the party. Official UK Parliament results show that Labour’s Sagal Abdi-Wali won the by-election with 12,292 votes (45.2%) and that Polanski came second with 8,928 votes (32.8%), on a turnout of 38.6%. It is my own view, not a finding established by those sources, that the motion derailed his bid to become MP for the seat.

In my own view, which is not a finding of this page, that motion was a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Rather than focus on a historic breakthrough, on something majestic, they chose to focus on something shockingly bad. I am very not compliant, very not complicit.

A panel in the satire graphic below refers to a September 2025 dispute, reported by BBC News, over a Your Party membership launch. On 18 September 2025 the BBC reported that Jeremy Corbyn described an email promoting a membership portal as “unauthorised,” and that Zarah Sultana said she had launched the portal after being sidelined, and that that week’s emails did not have the “dual authorisation of both myself and Jeremy,” which, she said, “was the agreement made at the start of this process.” Those are the parties’ own characterisations as reported by the BBC, not findings of this page.

Author’s disclosure

Brock Pierce

I was also in contact with Brock Pierce, whose name appears in documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The official library is at https://www.justice.gov/epstein. Appearance in released documents is not, by itself, a finding of wrongdoing, and this page makes no such finding.

Author’s disclosure

Maria Prusakova (Masha Prusso)

I was also in contact with Maria Prusakova (also known as Masha Prusso). The English Wikipedia article “Mariya Prusakova (snowboarder)”, checked on 13 November 2026, states: “She recruited women into Epstein's trafficking network, calling herself the "Paris based Ghislaine Maxwell" in a 2013 email to Epstein.” Wikipedia attaches that sentence to David Z. Morris, “Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin — and its far-right supporters”, The Verge, 27 February 2026. This page repeats that characterisation only as Wikipedia’s, citing The Verge; it does not adopt it as a finding of its own. The Verge itself quotes the 2013 email as saying, in part, “Sometimes I think that I am your Paris based Ghislaine Maxwell.”