US Rep. Randy Fine exposes GOP’s ‘Qatari wing’ in explosive interview, says they effectively stand with 'mainstream Muslim terrorists'

The day after U.S. President Trump’s State of the Union Address in Washington, I spoke with Florida Congressman Randy Fine about the speech. We specifically delved into issues surrounding the Middle East, and to be clear, the congressman isn’t dipping his toe into the debate over Israel. He’s cannonballing into it. 

In today’s Republican Party, where the conversation over foreign aid and “America First” is getting louder, Fine is making it crystal clear where he stands. He wants no conditions on military aid to Israel. None. Zero. He also forcefully pushes back on the so-called isolationist wing of the Republican Party that wants to cut off money or curtail funding to America’s closest ally in the Middle East. 

“I think it’s the Qatari wing of the republican party,” Congressman Fine told ALL ISRAEL NEWS. “It is clear that mainstream Muslim terror groups have flooded our country with money to buy people off and I think that that’s what you see here." 

Fine specifically took aim at media personalities and political voices he believes are driving the new skepticism toward Israel. “I think Tucker’s behavior screams payment, but I also think Tucker at this point is a severely mentally ill person,” said Fine. 

But for Fine, this isn’t so much a budget debate. It’s more a battle over civilization. “The interests of Israel are the same as the interests of the United States which is preserving western civilization, preserving Christianity, preserving Judaism from those who would seek its extermination,” he said. 

“I don’t think Israel has done anything that would even necessitate us having a discussion about that (restricting or cutting off funding for Israel). The people who want conditions are those who want to stand with mainstream Muslim terrorists against the western world.” 

That’s the lens he uses for everything: Western civilization versus forces that want to tear it down. It’s a theme that resonates deeply with Evangelical Christians, who remain one of Israel’s most loyal support blocs in America. Fine has seen that support up close. 

“I think it’s both biblical, and I certainly appreciate it, but I also think it’s self-preservation. When I was in Israel last summer with my colleagues on that freshman trip to Israel, I think one of the things that struck the Christian members the most was how the key Christian religious sites were treated when they were run by the Israelis versus when they went to Bethlehem, which was run by the Gaza Arabs. They were stunned," he explained.

Fine said their biggest takeaway of seeing where Jesus was born was not "seeing the birthplace of Jesus," but rather it was "the way that the mainstream Muslims who ran the place treated them and behaved. They couldn’t believe it. I think it makes sense just from a self-preservation of the faith for Christians to stand with Israel.” 

Congressman Fine is on to something deeper than geopolitics. Evangelical support for Israel has long been rooted in biblical conviction, particularly passages in Genesis about blessing Israel. But he argued that it’s also about survival. 

“I believe that Israel and the United States are really the only two countries right now that are standing firmly against the threat of a worldwide mainstream Muslim caliphate,” Fine said. 

He connected the global threat to what he saw happen inside the United States Capitol Tuesday evening. “I mean, I had to listen to Ilan Omar and Rashida Tlaib heckle like lunatics last night. The barbarians are not only not just at the gates; they’re inside the House chamber at this point.” 

Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan have been among the most outspoken critics of Israeli policy in Congress. Their clashes with pro-Israel members have only intensified since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on southern Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. 

Fine sees those confrontations as part of something much bigger. In his view, this isn’t just about Gaza policy or settlement disputes. This is, he says, a broader civilizational conflict between Islamic extremism and the Judeo-Christian West. 

“You don’t have take my word for it. Listen to them. Every day there’s another video of an imam at a mainstream mosque talking about how the purpose of Islam is for us to submit to their faith,” said Fine. 

He took particular issue with the phrase “radical Islam,” arguing that it downplays the scope of the threat. 

“The reason I call it mainstream Islam is radical Islam is a term that is used to minimize the threat because it implies that it’s like 0.1%, these few crazy people. But these ideas are in the mainstream. It does not mean all Muslims are bad. They are not. But it also doesn’t mean it’s 0.1% that are a problem.” 

"We saw two of them in the House chamber Tuesday night, screaming and yelling and cursing at the President of United States when he said, I stand up for America. So the problem is not radical Islam. The radicals are the ones who don’t want to kill us. It’s the mainstream where the problem is," he explained. 

“I’m trying to get people to understand that by fighting that term because it minimizes the threat that we have. The way you solve a problem is you admit that it exists and we clearly have that problem.” 

It’s a sweeping statement but it underscores why he sees unconditional support for Israel as non-negotiable. 

When our conversation turned to a potential military conflict with Iran, the congressman was resolute. Fine left little doubt about what he thinks President Trump will do. “I think he’s going to do it if he has to.” 

What about regime change? “I think a different government would be better, no question about it.” He believes the Iranian people themselves are the key. “Let’s give the Iranian people, who clearly want to rise up and have a different government the tools that they need to be successful.” 

Iran, in many ways, represents the epicenter of the ideological struggle he’s been describing. “Iran is run by mainstream Muslim leaders who believe in the death of America, who believe in the death of Israel, who frankly believe in the death of everyone who is not Muslim.” 

“So this is simply their philosophy that we must submit to a worldwide Islamic caliphate. And that ideology has to be defeated.” 

Whether one agrees with Fine’s framing of the issue, there is no mistaking his clarity. He doesn’t see gray areas where others see nuances. For him, Israel isn’t just an ally. It’s on the frontlines of what he believes is the defining battle of our time.