Florida Candidate Dan Bilzerian Draws Bipartisan Rebuke Over $6 Million Antisemitic Primary Campaign
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Florida Candidate Dan Bilzerian Draws Bipartisan Rebuke Over $6 Million Antisemitic Primary Campaign
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 18
Summary
Dan Bilzerian’s Florida House bid drew denunciations from both parties after posts and a campaign video invoked anti-Jewish tropes, praised Hitler and depicted Rep. Randy Fine with horns.
Randy Fine, the only Jewish Republican in Florida’s congressional delegation, said the attacks escalated from a swastika painted on a yard sign to what he called an organized political pogrom.
Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries and Josh Gottheimer all condemned the campaign, with Gottheimer saying Bilzerian was effectively running on a Nazi platform despite sharp policy differences with Fine.
Fine said Bilzerian’s side had spent $6 million to $7 million and alleged unreported money in the race, though the report said there is no evidence foreign investors funded the campaign.
The uproar lands as Florida holds primary voting ahead of the November midterms, where Fine is widely expected to win both Tuesday’s GOP contest and the general election.