MPAC Leads 50+ Organizations to demand Rep. Randy Fine be Censured and Stripped of his Committee Assignments
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | February 19, 2026 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is leading a coalition of over 50 civil rights, faith-based, and community organizations urging House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to formally censure Representative Randy Fine and remove him from the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee.
In December 2025, during a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing, Rep. Fine declared, “mainstream Muslims should be destroyed,” and proudly amplified the clip across social media. It was an unambiguous call for violence against an entire religion. The statement was not made at a rally, on a podcast, or in a private conversation; it was delivered during a Congressional hearing.
What followed was a series of condemnations without consequence, signaling to Fine that his violent rhetoric would be tolerated. As the letter describes: “When such language is left unaddressed, it legitimizes violence, endangers American Muslim communities, and signals that calls for mass harm are tolerable within the United States House of Representatives.”
Taking full advantage of the latitude, just last week, Fine posted the following on social media:
"If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."
We are well beyond the time for condemnations without consequences, and that starts with House Leadership taking concrete action. To that end, the signatories, representing a broad cross-section of American civil society, including Muslim, Christian, Jewish, civil rights, and interfaith organizations, stand united in demanding that Representative Randy Fine be censured and stripped of his committee assignments.
Read the full letter we sent, here!
Additional Signatories:
A New Policy
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
American Atheists
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Arab American Civic Council
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
California Association of Human Relations Organizations
Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)
Codepink
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Emgage Action
Equal Justice Society
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Fresh Start Refugee Assistance Center
Hindus for Human Rights Action
Human Assistance & Development Intl
Human Rights First
IMAN Cultural Center
Interfaith Alliance
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
Interfaith Youth Alliance
JAMAAT - Jews and Muslims and Allies Acting Together
Japanese American Citizens League
Jewish Council for Public Affairs
J Street
Libyan American Alliance
MPower Change Action Fund
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Civic Coalition
National Council of Jewish Women
National Interest Foundation
National Women’s Law Center
NBJC
Network Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
New Jewish Narrative
New York Jewish Agenda (NYJA)
Partners for Progressive Israel
Peace Catalyst International
Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign
Shia Muslim Foundation
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
The Sikh Coalition
The Workers Circle
T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Union for Reform Judaism
Union Seminary CCESJ
US Council of Muslim Organizations
Western States Center
