A MAGA lawmaker hit back Monday after former Fox News host Tucker Carlson attacked his comments, calling him "delusional."
Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez what he thinks about Carlson, who has faced criticism over interviewing self-described neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. Carlson was recently interviewed by MAGA commentator Megyn Kelly, and said he took issue over Fine apparently posting a laughing emoji over a photo of a dead baby.
Fine tried to correct the record on CNN.
"Well, I think he's delusional. I could take an hour to dissect that. But in the short time we have, I would say this. I did say we should kill all Hamas terrorists, and I stand by that," Fine said. "And what I laughed at was a fake picture that was sent to me, where people tried to claim that Israel was killing babies, but what they sent me was a 10-year-old photograph of a baby being killed in Syria by Muslims. The point was, if this was real, you wouldn't have to generate fake pictures."
Fine pointed to Carlson's recent interview with Fuentes and called him out for allowing him to join him on the show.
"But what I would say is, even if all of the things that he claims I did were true, to say that is worse than someone who said the Holocaust didn't happen, that women should be raped. That makes the most horrific thing, says the most horrific things about Black people, when you equate that and you'll say, 'that's not that bad,' we've got a real problem. I've said, Tucker Carlson is the most dangerous anti-semite in America, and I stand by that," Fine said.