Posted on 10/24/2023 9:19:04 AM PDT by JayGalt
Rep. Randy Fine I got jumped by a Nazi in Florida. On video.Two weeks ago. In Ron DeSantis’ Florida, that’s no big deal. I’m a target; I am the only Republican Jew elected to the Florida Legislature, and you will find few people in the Legislature who have championed DeSantis more. I endorsed him before he was the Republican nominee for Governor. I was his Jewish Outreach Chair. I carried his bills to take on Disney, and end child mutilation in the name of fake gender “science.”
Every piece of legislation you hear him talk about regarding Jewish issues is one I wrote.
I love his words. His actions have broken my heart. Before Governor DeSantis got elected, I helped fund a state Holocaust memorial. It’s five years later; they haven’t broken ground. Governor DeSantis has taken longer to commemorate the deaths of 6 million Jews than it took the Allies to stop the deaths of 6 million more.
Eighteen months ago, my Nazi “friends” showed up in Florida. They assaulted a Rabbi. They beat up a Jew who yelled back at one of their protests. They commandeered highway overpasses to illegally hang banners saying “Gas the Jews.” They have tormented Jews at their homes with filth. Until a few weeks ago, Governor DeSantis said almost nothing. And worse, he did almost nothing.
Today, in the aftermath of the worst attack on my people since the Holocaust, we have open anti-Semitic protests taking place all over the state, worst of all on our state University campuses. In 2019, I wrote a bill that would allow the Governor to end these – it was the centerpiece of his trade mission to Israel. The bill was simple – our universities already kick kids out who call Black students the “n-word” – as they should. It simply required them to do the same for Jewish kids being told they should be wiped off the earth. When I begged Governor DeSantis to use the bill to protect these children after the attack, he shrugged it off, and passed the buck to our University Presidents. They continue to do nothing.
In 2020, I had an open anti-Semite run against me; she called me a “pest” who should be “exterminated.” So many Republican leaders came to my defense; Governor DeSantis did not. He didn’t even endorse me. I made excuses for all of it.
Donald Trump didn’t just talk about moving the Embassy. He did it. Donald Trump didn’t just talk about Israeli security. He green lit them annexing the Golan. Donald Trump didn’t just talk about peace. He signed the Abraham Accords. He deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for it. When he was President, Islamic countries weren’t attacking Jews over there; neo-Nazis were not attacking Jews over here. Because they feared him.
The past two weeks have made me realize our choice as Jews is simple. We can vote for the Governor who says all the right things or we can vote for the President who actually does them. When it comes to action, Donald Trump has never ever let us down.
I wrote this while just down the street a group of my fellow Americans openly rallied for the death of my children. Just two miles from where Ron DeSantis lives.
There is one man I know who can bring this to an end. I know this because I don’t have to trust his words. I can remember his acts. There is no choice – we must return Donald Trump to the Oval Office. For Israel. For Jews. For America. And for the World.
This message has to reach the Uber liberal Jews up North and on the west coast.
Wow.
Well, if he wants to live in a country where Nazis aren’t allowed free speech, he can move to Canada, or Germany, or the UK, or Sweden, there are plenty of places like that. But he chose to live in the USA, and that’s the price he pays.
If the Nazis assault him, or break some other law, then lock them up for that.
A Jewish Republican? Man, that like seeing a real unicorn.
I think you missed his point.
Riiiiggghhhtt
No, I just chose not to comment on his argument for a political endorsement, because I don’t really care about who he endorses.
Is he related to Larry Fine?
He had a thriving medical practice with his cousins in the 1940s.
Drs. Howard, Fine and Howard.
WHAT COLOR WERE THESE NAZIS???
The Third Reich, under the National SOCIALIST German Workers' Party, murdered nearly 18 million people.
Get it right.
Well, if he wants to live in a country where Nazis aren’t allowed free speech, he can move to Canada, or Germany, or the UK, or Sweden, there are plenty of places like that.
So you thought it would be useful to look for a nonexistent free speech angle instead? Because in school any language or abuse is acceptable? Freedom of speech does not equate to no consequences for everything anyone says.
Ridiculous
Why does that matter & how would I know?
Ask Fine on twitter if it concerns you.
Not my statement, not my monkey.
I posted it because it was an interesting viewpoint and furnished information I hadn’t known.
Yes, but not for actual Nazis. Only for Trudeau’s Not-zis. You see, it’s an important difference. You can do everything a Nazi would do, but you must condemn Nazis, for they are Not Nazis, they are Not-zis.
> I got jumped by a Nazi in Florida. On video.Two weeks ago. In Ron DeSantis’ Florida, that’s no big deal. <
I’m not particularly impressed by DeSantis. I’m supporting Donald Trump in 2024, 100%.
But this smear of DeSantis is way over the line. Rep. Fine seems to be suggesting that his attack was caused by DeSantis not signing some bill restricting protests on college campuses.
You’re aiming at the wrong target, Rep. Fine. Your real enemies are the politicians who have a D after their names.
Freedom is scary, deal with it.
“So you thought it would be useful to look for a nonexistent free speech angle instead?”
It’s not “nonexistent”. He spends several paragraphs complaining about Nazis exercising speech rights, political rights, etc, that are completely lawful for them to do. Apparently he has a problem with it, or else why is he complaining?
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