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| ((L-R) Randy Fine attends the Scott Jennings “A Revolution of Common
Sense” Book Launch on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by
Paul Morigi/Getty Images Courtesy of the Rainey Center) /(R) Dan
Bilzerian attends Playboy and A&E “Bates Motel” Event during
Comic-Con International 2014 on July 25, 2014 in San Diego, California. Bipartisan leaders in Washington are uniting to condemn an increasingly bitter Republican primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. The backlash follows social media personality Dan Bilzerian’s release of an AI-generated attack ad against incumbent U.S. Representative Randy Fine, one of just four Jewish Republicans currently serving in the House. Bilzerian, who is running in the Republican primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, has previously expressed immense respect for the Muslim community, praised aspects of Islamic culture and stated that he began reading the Quran out of personal interest — during podcast appearances and interviews. He has also been an outspoken critic of Israel and a vocal advocate for “Palestinian rights.” In the most shocking attack ad, Representative Fine (R-Fla.) appears adorned with the Star of David alongside images of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, using artificial intelligence (AI) to sprout devilish horns from Fine’s head while referring to him as a “satanic whore.”
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Who Is Dan Bilzerian? Bilzerian, 45, rose to fame around 2013 on Instagram, earning the media moniker “The King of Instagram” by cultivating a viral persona centered on extreme wealth, private jets, exotic cars, firearms and lavish parties with scantily clad models that have since admitted they were paid to be around him. Ignite International, his former company, routinely covered the cost of flights, luxury rentals, yachts and appearance fees for the models surrounding Bilzerian as a “marketing expense.” Bilzerian did not even own the mega-yachts featured in his social media posts, as he rented or chartered them for individual trips or promotional photoshoots. Nonetheless, Ignite International Brands collapsed following massive financial losses, leadership ousters and severe federal fraud charges. Bilzerian was eventually removed from the company, and the brand became entangled in criminal indictments regarding hidden control and fake revenue reporting, per CBC. Bilzerian’s father, Paul Bilzerian, 76, has been described as a former Wall Street corporate raider. In 1989, Dan’s father was convicted on nine felony counts — including securities fraud, conspiracy and tax fraud. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison and served about 13 months before being released to serve out the rest under house arrest. Then, in January 2001, a federal judge ordered him to be jailed for contempt of court after he refused to properly disclose his assets and cooperate with an order to pay over $62 million to the SEC. Dan claims his fortune was self-made through private poker games, and he further elevated his profile through publicity stunts and minor film cameos. However, subsequent public records, court filings and investigative reporting have revealed a much different reality behind his alleged bachelor lifestyle. Investigations showed that his starting capital did not originate from poker winnings, but rather, from family trust funds connected to his father. A 2020 lawsuit from a former executive at Ignite International Brands alleged that Bilzerian misused corporate funds to cover personal expenses, including his Bel-Air rental home, yacht charters, luxury furnishings and personal travel. Federal investigations by the DOJ and SEC also later targeted Ignite and the Bilzerian patriarch for using shell companies and using Dan as an “influencer frontman” to hide ongoing control, demonstrating that his extravagant lifestyle was heavily underwritten by hidden family trusts and misused corporate capital. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The controversy is now reaching a boiling point ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary election, as Bilzerian continues to push rhetoric that includes promoting Holocaust denial, urging voters to revisit the opinions of Adolf Hitler, and depicting the Nazi dictator in a favorable light. In another separate ad, Bilzerian also refers to Fine as a “parasite.”
Meanwhile, these campaign tactics are now drawing swift rebukes from congressional leadership in both major parties. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called the attack ads disgusting and emphasized that antisemitism has no place in political discourse, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) publicly denounced the campaign as blatantly antisemitic.
Other federal lawmakers, including Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Representative Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), have also slammed Bilzerian’s condemnation of Jews.
Bilzerian, meanwhile, has since fired back on social media, utilizing vulgarities to dismiss leadership from both parties.
Fine is urging district voters to thoroughly reject the extremist messaging, describing the upcoming primary choice as a fundamental test between repudiating Nazism and upholding core American values. |
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