Florida Congressman Randy Fine's Primary Opponent Faces Backlash Over Attack Ads
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“The vile attack ads against Congressman Randy Fine in Florida’s 6th District are disgusting and should be condemned by all political leaders on the Right and Left,” Johnson posted on X. “Antisemitism and outward hatred of Jewish communities have no place in our politics or in America, and we will continue to call them out wherever they arise.”
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New York Post“The vile attack ads against Congressman Randy Fine in Florida’s 6th District are disgusting and should be condemned by all political leaders on the Right and Left,” Johnson said in a statement late Sunday. “Antisemitism and outward hatred of Jewish communities have no place in our politics or in America.”
ABC News"The vile attack ads against Congressman Randy Fine in Florida's 6th District are disgusting and should be condemned by all political leaders on the Right and Left. Antisemitism and outward hatred of Jewish communities have no place in our politics or in America, and we will continue to call them out wherever they arise," Johnson posted on X.
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Jeffries echoed the speaker about an hour afterward, calling Bilzerian out by name.
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Washington ExaminerBilzerian responded to both statements, telling Jeffries to “go f yourself” and calling Johnson a “piece of s traitor” for backing Fine’s reelection bid.
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The Florida Republican is defending his House seat from Bilzerian and three other primary candidates. The congressman is endorsed by President Donald Trump and top Republicans in Congress, including Johnson and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).
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New York PostRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson underscored his endorsement of GOP Rep. Randy Fine in Florida's 6th Congressional District. MediaPunch / BACKGRID
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), both of whom are the most senior leaders in the lower chamber of Congress, denounced Fine’s primary opponent.
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ABC NewsLeaders from both parties in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, condemned Bilzerian's rhetoric and his candidacy Sunday evening.
New York PostNew York Dem House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has taken some flak from his lefty base for defending Fine. WireImage
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Hasan Piker has for years now been both an asset and a liability for Democrats. The Twitch streamer has elevated base-energizing progressives, such as Darializa Avila Chevalier and Zohran Mamdani, in interviews and with endorsements. But he’s also stoked controversy with past anti-Israel commentary and generally caused headaches for establishment Democrats who would rather not see Hasan’s favored candidates get any more oxygen.
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Washington ExaminerConcha then turned to Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, calling him “absolutely radical and absolutely dangerous.” Piker sparked GOP attacks after a resurfaced 2019 clip showed him claiming America “deserved” the 9/11 attacks. He has also called Orthodox Jews “inbred,” among other controversial remarks.
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01 New York Post Bilzerian’s ad was only the latest sickening salvo in both sides’ scorched-earth attacks involving Israel and the Gaza war.
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02 New York Times Democratic Socialists Look for Upsets in Hostile Territory: Florida Three primaries for the House and the Senate on Tuesday pose a fresh test for the left, this time in a conservative-leaning state where socialism is often seen as a dirty word.
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03 Washington Examiner Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warned that a tight primary race in Florida is the latest sign the Democratic Party is being pulled toward socialism and cautioned that embracing left-wing influencers such as Hasan Piker will cost Democrats dearly in the midterm elections.
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04 Vox Why? A familiar concept for these kinds of centrist Democrats: electability. That concept has been on many left-leaning voters’ minds over the past few weeks, as primaries have put progressive candidates to the test — with very mixed results. Last week, Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate and democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost her primary to establishment favorite David Crowley. Not long before that, though, progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won his primary against the more mainstream Democratic candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens — albeit by a much smaller margin than many polls predicted.
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05 ABC News Republican Rep. Don Bacon and GOP Sen. Ted Cruz also expressed their revulsion, though Bilzerian remains undeterred and is using such criticism to further fuel his campaign.
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06 USA Today A recent CBS News poll found that 58% of Democratic respondents view socialism positively. The same poll showed that 32% of Democrats have a positive view of capitalism. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman criticized the poll's findings, calling the trend "lunacy."
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07 The Daily Wire A House Democrat found himself on the wrong side of transgender activists as he was told to “shut the fck up” during a dispute over one of his previous votes.
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