Randy Fine may be new to Capitol Hill, but he’s no stranger to waging ideological warfare. Since winning a special election earlier this year to represent Florida’s 6th Congressional District, Fine has wasted no time cementing his reputation as one of the most extreme War Hawks in Congress – especially when it comes to the U.S.-Israel relationship and the military campaign in Gaza. With a long history of inflammatory rhetoric and a deep bench of donors from both the pro-Israel lobbying world and weapons manufacturers, Fine is emerging as a key figure in the far-right’s campaign to crush dissent, silence critics of Israel, and push America into deeper military entanglements abroad.

Fine’s Islamophobia isn’t new. During his time in the Florida state legislature, he repeatedly used dehumanizing language to describe pro-Palestinian activists and Muslims more broadly. At one hearing, he described a constituent’s keffiyeh as a “terrorist rag.” He has smeared protesters as “antisemitic Nazis” and routinely implies that any criticism of Israeli policy is a front for Jew-hatred. Since joining Congress, he has doubled down on this bigotry, introducing his first piece of legislation: the “Designate CAIR as a Terrorist Organization Act”, targeting the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a major Muslim civil rights group. His second major bill, the “Preventing Anti-Semitic Harassment on Campus Act,” attempts to criminalize campus activism critical of Israeli policy, conflating it with antisemitism to stifle First Amendment rights.

Fine’s Twitter presence is even more explicit. He has tweeted, “Palestinian is just another word for Demon,” and “Palestinian = Hamas #BombsAway,” leaving little ambiguity about his views. He has also repeatedly rejected the idea of a ceasefire, dismissed concerns about civilian casualties, and suggested nuclear weapons as a possible solution to the conflict in Gaza. In doing so, Fine has aligned himself with the most extremist, violent rhetoric in American political life, championing collective punishment and the mass killing of Palestinians as a righteous cause.

Behind Fine’s ultra-hawkish posture lies a network of powerful interests eager to bankroll it. According to Federal Election Commission data, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has given over $616,000 to Fine’s campaign. The Republican Jewish Coalition, another major pro-Israel lobby, chipped in $236,000. His donor list also includes weapons manufacturers and defense contractors who directly profit from the very wars Fine champions: L3Harris Technologies ($10,000), Boeing ($2,500), General Dynamics ($2,500), Elbit Systems ($5,500) – an Israeli arms company with deep ties to U.S. military operations – and Complete Parachute Systems ($1,000).

Taken together, these contributions show a freshman congressman already deeply embedded in the military-industrial complex. Fine is not just cheerleading genocide from the sidelines, he’s being paid handsomely by the same corporations whose products are being used to carry it out. His political agenda is not about protecting Americans or serving his constituents in Florida. It’s about advancing a global militarist project, where U.S. foreign policy is dictated by arms manufacturers, foreign lobbies, and ideological extremists.

While families in Florida’s 6th District struggle with housing costs, healthcare access, and a strained economy, Randy Fine is busy playing war minister on social media and Capitol Hill. His calls for escalation, his unapologetic bigotry, and his total subservience to the pro-Israel lobby are not only morally bankrupt, they are a danger to global security and to the democratic values he swore to uphold. Fine may claim to be “America First,” but his record shows otherwise: his loyalty lies with bombs, lobbyists, and bloodshed.