DayofPal– Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine defended controversial past remarks about using nuclear weapons on Gaza during a recent CNN interview.
He said that while he no longer supports the idea, his concerns are based on the potential danger to Israel rather than the loss of Palestinian lives.
“We nuked the Japanese twice to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here. There is something deeply wrong with this culture and it needs to be defeated,” Fine had previously stated, suggesting the U.S. should consider nuclear action against Gaza.
When pressed by the CNN anchor on whether he truly believed the U.S. should use nuclear weapons on a civilian population due to his disdain for their culture, Fine replied, “Of course not… Nuking Gaza would be a terrible idea. The fallout would drift into Israel. It would kill the hostages.”
Asked if he was concerned about the deaths of Palestinian women and children, Fine responded, “I think war is a messy thing… I believe the Palestinianism in Gaza is on the level of evil that we saw in Japan and we saw in Germany in World War II.”
Fine, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, has drawn widespread criticism for past remarks, widely condemned as racist and dehumanizing toward Palestinians.
In February, he pledged to recognize Israeli sovereignty over both Gaza and the West Bank if elected and vowed to expel native Palestinians from what he called “the State of Israel.”
In previous statements, Fine referred to Palestinians as “monsters” and “demons” who “deserve no state, only death.”
In 2021, reacting to a social media photo of a murdered Palestinian child, he commented, “Quite well, actually! Thanks for the pic!”
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