In mid-August, an official complaint was filed in the Florida House of Representatives against a Republican lawmaker, for “hateful" and “atrocious" social media comments directed to Palestinians and Muslims.

Civil rights advocates filing the complaint say the House' Public Integrity and Elections Committee still hasn't addressed the issue involving state Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican representing part of Brevard County.

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, filed a sworn complaint alleging that Rep. Fine has “violated his duty as an elected official and has disgraced the seat which he holds in the Florida House."

“We are disappointed about the committee's failure to act," Taj Murphy, CAIR-Florida's lead attorney, said in a written statement Friday. “Their refusal to address Rep. Randy Fine's violent and bigoted rhetoric amounts to complicity."   

“We didn't receive an official response, but they (the committee) told us there is no priority," Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, the group's communications director, said in a phone conversation with the Florida Phoenix. "They have failed to communicate any minimum intention to do it."

The group has called on the committee to open an investigation into Fine's conduct on Facebook and Instagram from posts starting in May. The complaint also includes examples of Fine's social media posts, showing he called Palestinians “animals" and referred to people of Muslim faith as “monsters" and “terrorists."

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