United States: A pro-Trump candidate openly threatens Muslim elected representatives in Congress

A new slip-up in the United States: Randy Fine, Trumpist candidate for Congress, violently attacked the only two elected Muslim representatives in the assembly. In a threatening message on ”.

This is not a first for Fine, already singled out for his anti-Muslim provocations and his calls for violence. He notably celebrated the death of a young American activist killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank. Trump has just dubbed this sulphurous candidate by calling him a “true patriot”. A new illustration of the radicalization of the Republican camp. These repeated slips by Randy Fine, and especially their validation by Trump, illustrate the worrying drift of a fringe of the Republican Party.

In an already tense post-election context, they reveal the dangerous normalization of Islamophobic rhetoric within the radical wing of the party. Even more worrying, these attacks against democratically chosen Muslim elected officials question the ability of the American political system to protect its minorities and their representatives. A major challenge for institutions as the country goes through a period of tensions exacerbated by the ongoing genocide in Gaza.