Democratic leaders and civil rights groups condemned Republican lawmakers after Tommy Tuberville and Randy Fine called for mass deportations and other harsh measures against Muslims following a mass shooting in Australia and an ambush in Washington DC.Randy Fine urged citizenship revocations and a Muslim travel ban on X while Tommy Tuberville called Islam a “cult,” urged people to “send them home,” and celebrated a local decision to block an Islamic K–12 school in Alabama.CAIR designated Tuberville an anti‑Muslim bigot and warned his rhetoric endangers Muslim students as critics linked the comments to a broader rise in anti‑Muslim rhetoric on the right and recalled past travel restrictions by Donald Trump.