Top House Democrats and rights groups on Wednesday condemned Republican Rep. Randy Fine for what they described as racist and anti-Muslim remarks targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Fine's comments on X were in response to a post Omar made criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's U.S. visit.
"I'm sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists," Fine wrote on X in response to Omar, who is Muslim and a Democrat.
"The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said in a statement.
Omar welcomed the Democrats' support on X. Fine dismissed their criticism in a subsequent online post, labeling them sympathizers of extremism.
