Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson blasted the Republican Party on Monday after a congressman called for Gaza to be nuked.
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), who President Donald Trump endorsed to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) in Congress, spoke to Fox News last month about the ongoing situation in Gaza and called for the territory to be bombed.
“In World War 2 we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese,” Fine said.
“We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here in Gaza,” he added.
“There is something deeply wrong with its culture and it needs to be defeated,” the Florida congressman went on.
In response to Fine’s comments, Carlson said he was unsure if he could remain loyal to the Republican Party.
In a podcast episode with Glenn Greenwald, Carlson said Fine’s comments were incredibly jaw-dropping that he couldn’t believe they came from a real politician.
“I text a friend of mine in Congress,” he said. “This is a person who I confirmed is a real person. I didn’t believe it at first… I didn’t believe he was really a member of Congress.”
The conservative firebrand called Fine’s comments “evil,” while wondering how such comments would not lead a politician to be expelled.
“It’s evil. How can you say something like that and not get expelled from Congress? How can that person still be in the Republican party?” Carlson said.
Carlson went on to say that he didn’t know if he could remain loyal to the GOP because of Fine’s comments.
“I don’t know if I can support a party with someone like Randy Fine… that’s so disgusting,” he said.
“So we’re gonna nuke Gaza because of its culture? We’re going to kill everyone because we don’t like their culture?” Carlson said repeatedly.
“There are Christians in Gaza. Muslims in Gaza. To say there is some Gazan culture that’s cohesive,” he added.
As the Daily Mail noted, Carlson has been a fierce conservative and ally of President Donald Trump and the “Make America Great Again” movement for years.
With that being said, Fine was endorsed by Trump and soared to victory in the Florida congressional primaries shortly after garnering the president’s endorsement.
After Fine’s primary victory, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) described him as a “squish,” claiming that he was elected by voters who don’t like him just to give Trump another “vote” in the Senate.
“I think these are voters who didn’t like Randy Fine, but who basically were like, ‘You know what? We’re going to take one for the team. The president needs another vote up there. And so we’re going to do it,’” the governor said.
Fine again called for there to be an attack on Gaza after the tragic terrorist attacks that occurred in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday.
“‘We need to not be afraid to call evil by its name. Palestinianism,” Fine said on social media.
