Republican SHATTERED By Fat Joke, Shuts Down Congress

[00:00:00]Let's take a look at this year's reasons that  Congress has grown to a halt. We had that 43-day shutdown, the longest in American history, over  spending fights that nobody could close. That Homeland Security funding standoff over ICE and  Border Patrol reform after the deadly shootings involving federal agents in Minnesota back in  January. We've seen fights over jamming the SAVE Act into these mustpass funding bills. And now we  can add one more line to that list. A congressman refusing to vote for a single procedural rule  because a podcast host called him fat. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Florida  Congressman Randy Fine, who told White House officials that he would vote against every rule  that hits the House floor until Don Khan fires his adviser, Alex Bruce. and the offense that  he was mad about. On Tucker Carlson's show, Carlson called Fine that creepy fat guy from  Florida who endorsed genocide. And Bruce Witz sat right there and kept piling on. And yes,  Fine was the lone Republican to vote no on a procedural rule that week in a chamber Republicans  control by six votes, thin margin. So he could do real damage over some hurt feelings from a  podcaster. You took out you helped take out Dan Krenshaw. So I thank you for that. And President  Trump didn't endorse Dan Krenshaw. So we've used this primary endorse that creepy fat guy from  Florida who endorsed genocide who laughed at a picture of a dead child in Gaza. That disgusting  I can't even remember his name, but he's that he was the only candid that ran in that seat. Why get  someone new? Like why would you be? But by Friday, Randy Fine backed down after what Bruce Woods  called a respectful phone call. Look, I am so glad that our Republic survived the great creepy  fat guy shutdown of 2026. And look, if you're going to hold Congress hostage over an insult, you  should probably have a spotless record to defend, something that Randy Fine does not have. You might  want to remember that earlier this year, Randy Fine posted, quote, "If they force us to choose,  the choice is between dogs and Muslims." And it's not a difficult one. 40 million views, resignation  calls from Gavin Newsome, censure calls from Hakee Jeff and AOC. Even Megan Kelly, who is about as  proTrump as cable news gets, called him a full bigot before that. Before that, this guy, weeks  after the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker, responded to a Muslim colleagueu's  criticism of Netanyahu by writing, "I'm sure it's difficult to see us welcome the killer of  so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists. The only shame is that you serve in Congress." House  Democratic leadership called him unhinged, racist, and Islamophobic. Of course, they would. And they  asked him to apologize. Instead, he refused and he doubled down saying that the Hamas caucus is  upset. Boohoo. Holy crap. I mean, seriously, I'm going to ask you guys, getting called fat on  a podcast, is that worth shutting Congress down over? Calling a colleague a terrorist in writing  got us in this climate and got him defended by people like Laura Loomer. So, what should actually  cost a member of Congress his committee seats?

[00:03:35]Where is the line for him? Because this isn't  a one-off temper tantrum. When Omar's campaign later called for his expulsion over his remarks,  Fine didn't walk anything back at all. He kept posting things like her supporters were Somali  scam freeloaders and told her to go for it. Randy Fine has told us who he is, and he is far worse  than a creepy fat guy, and yet he is willing to shut down the government over it. That's why I'm  going to ask that you hit that notification icon, especially for stories that will never make  it past a congressman's own press releases.