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Democrats are condemning two Republican members of Congress who said, in the wake of the mass shooting in Australia<\/a>, that the US should ban Muslims from the country and kick out those who already live here.<\/p>\n Congressman Randy Fine, a Florida Republican, said he not only wants deportations of legal immigrants who are Muslim, but \u201ccitizenship revocations wherever possible\u201d of Muslims.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has to stop. Diversity is not our strength. Diversity has become suicidal,\u201d Fine wrote on X on Monday. \u201cIt is time for a Muslim travel ban, radical deportations of all mainstream Muslim legal and illegal immigrants, and citizenship revocations wherever possible. Mainstream Muslims have declared war on us. The least we can do is kick them the hell out of America.\u201d<\/p>\n Senator Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, said Islam is a \u201ccult\u201d, Muslims are \u201chere to conquer\u201d and that people needed to \u201cstop worrying about offending the pearl clutchers\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to SEND THEM HOME NOW or we\u2019ll become the United Caliphate of America,\u201d he wrote on X on Sunday.<\/p>\n In response, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair), a group that advocates for civil rights for Muslims, designated Tuberville as an \u201canti-Muslim bigot\u201d, the first time the organization has given the designation to a US senator.<\/p>\n Fine has repeatedly shared Islamophobic social media posts in recent days, ramping up anti-Muslim comments that have been a feature of his time in office. On Monday, he listed out examples of attacks committed by Muslims, including the shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, believed to be carried out by two people inspired by Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n He also called the movement to free Palestine \u201cnothing more than a Muslim terror movement\u201d and said anyone involved in it should be charged and prosecuted \u201cto the fullest extent of the law\u201d.<\/p>\n Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, a Democratic representative from New York, said Fine\u2019s posts were \u201cdisgusting\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOur Muslim neighbors are not Republicans\u2019 scapegoats for antisemitic attacks and [Donald] Trump\u2019s failed policies,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cWe must absolutely condemn Islamophobia<\/a> loudly and hold those perpetuating it accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n Fine doubled down, retweeting Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s criticism with: \u201cBring it. I will not sacrifice America on the altar of suicidal empathy. Islamophobia is lie. Because fear of Islam is rational.\u201d<\/p>\n Democrats broadly spoke out against Tuberville\u2019s comments. Senator Patty Murray called them \u201cvile and disgusting\u201d and a \u201cdisgrace\u201d. Senator Chris Murphy said they were \u201cvile and so un-American\u201d and \u201cbigoted zealotry\u201d. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, called them \u201can outrageous, disgusting display of islamophobia\u201d.<\/p>\n Mehdi Hasan, a journalist and founder of Zeteo, called out the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, who has not yet responded to Fine\u2019s comments, for his silence.<\/p>\n \u201cHow is this man allowed to be in Congress?\u201d Hasan wrote on X. \u201cWhere the fuck are you @RepJeffries and Dem leaders in Congress? How is this ok? This is worse than anything random trolls like Nick Fuentes say. This is insanely racist and dangerous stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to his repeated anti-Muslim comments, Tuberville celebrated when an Islamic school decided not to relocate, according to AL.com<\/a>. Muslims in Alabama have invited Tuberville to meet with them and visit a local mosque, but he has not accepted the offer.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead of taking that opportunity to directly engage with the Americans he so fears, he has engaged in increasingly unhinged and hateful rhetoric about them, most recently smearing and endangering a K-12 private Muslim school in Alabama,\u201d Cair wrote.<\/p>\n Tuberville responded: \u201cBadge of honor. I will NEVER stop fighting for AMERICANS and our Constitutional values.\u201d<\/p>\n The Republicans\u2019 Islamophobic comments come as Trump has gone after Somalis, who are primarily Muslim, saying they should all be sent back home, including Rep Ilhan Omar, who is a US citizen.<\/p>\n Trump issued a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries in 2017, which provoked immediate protests. He has banned travel from some Muslim-majority countries in his second term alongside bans on other countries.<\/p>\n