This popped up on X yesterday morning:
I am very troubled by @GovRonDeSantis’s appointment of @scottyenor to the Board of Trustees of @UWF, and worse, his election as chair of that Board of Trustees. Just last month, Mr. Yenor publicly questioned whether Jews elected to the United States Senate could be qualified for…
— Senator Randy Fine (@VoteRandyFine) February 10, 2025
WHO IS RANDY FINE?
In November 2024, Fine was elected to represent Florida Senate District 19 after serving in the Florida House from 2016-2024. He was asked to run for Florida District 6 congressional seat by President-elect Donald Trump and easily won the GOP nomination last month.
Fine has been an outspoken supporter of Israel.
Over the past month, we have reported on Yenor, a Boise State political science professor, and his connections to the Claremont Institute and a secretive Christian organization, Society for American Renewal. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Yenor in January, along with four others with no link to the University of West Florida. The state Board of Governors replaced Pensacola attorney Stephanie White and two other trustees late last year, giving the new trustees control of the 13-member board. At the board’s special meeting in January, Yenor beat out Pensacola businessman and the longest-serving UWF trustee by an 8-5 vote for the chairmanship.
FINE’S CONCERN
What has concerned Fine is Yenor’s attack on Democrats during the committee hearings regarding Pete Hegseth’s appointment as Secretary of Defense. Yenor singled out several for being Jewish. Yenor wrote, “Nine are Jews, two of whom are women and four of whom are 65-years-old or older.”
- When I interviewed Heath Druzin, creator of the “Extremely American” podcast, about Yenor and the National Christian Movement, he mentioned Hegseth’s possible links to the movement through the Confederation of Reformed Evangelicals.
Why did Yenor bring up senators’ religion in Hegseth hearings? Does he say leadership as Christians vs. Jews?