Yesterday on X, CJV called House Democrats to task.
The story begins with Rep. Ilhan Omar calling Israeli PM Netanyahu a “war criminal” for protecting Jewish lives in the land of Israel:
This is Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to DC this year.
War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress.
He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 9, 2025
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“This is Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to DC this year,” she wrote. “War criminals should not be welcomed by any president or Congress. He should be held accountable for his crimes, not platformed. Beyond shameful.”
Rep. Randy Fine, the Jewish Republican serving Florida’s sixth district, reposted her with the following comment:
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. https://t.co/0BZgRvXd1E
— Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) July 9, 2025
“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.”
Rough language? Certainly. But Omar has distinguished herself with her full-throated support for the Hamas narrative, whitewashing the history of CAIR and its relationship with Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and ongoing demonization of Jews. Calling her a “Muslim terrorist” is not far off.
But House Democrats ran instead to not only defend Omar, but to attack Fine as if he were the racist in this conversation. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark, and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar issued this joint statement:
Our statement in connection with Randy Fine’s Islamophobic attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. pic.twitter.com/Wxnlzv1elh
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) July 9, 2025
The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting. we are just weeks removed from heinous acts of political violence targeting elected officials in Minnesota for assassination. This is an incredibly difficult time for our nation and Members of Congress should be solving problems for the American people not inciting violence. Randy Fine must apologize immediately.
CJV may not be political, but the above is not about politics: it is an immoral attack on Rep. Fine for defending Jews. And thus CJV responded:
This bizarre statement from @HouseDemocrats inverts hater & victim. Expecting a Jewish representative to apologize for calling out a Jew-hater warmly welcomed in the Democratic caucus is well beyond the pale. It is they who owe an apology to Jewish Americans. https://t.co/1z6AXLwF6k
— Coalition for Jewish Values (@cjvalues) July 10, 2025
This bizarre statement from House Democrats inverts hater & victim. Expecting a Jewish representative to apologize for calling out a Jew-hater warmly welcomed in the Democratic caucus is well beyond the pale. It is they who owe an apology to Jewish Americans.
More will be coming, because it is House Democrats who made an unhinged statement. Nothing Fine said about Omar was racist, but Omar certainly is one. And their statement proves our contention that the “Islamophobia” charge exists primarily to demonize critics of antisemitism and radical Islamic terrorism.