Overview
- Bo French, speaking at CPAC in Grapevine on Friday, urged the U.S. to deport 100 million people and said the problem is Islam, warning of a plan to “infiltrate” and “conquer” Texas.
- The panel’s moderator, media personality Carl Higbie, called Islam a dangerous ideology, and panelists said Muslims should be sent home.
- Jenny Story of Patriot Mobile said a Jan. 9 organizing event prompted Texans to embrace the label Islamophobic and spurred monthly meetings to oppose sharia in the state.
- French is in a May 26 Republican runoff for Texas Railroad Commissioner against incumbent Jim Wright, a race that offers a large platform because the commission regulates oil and gas.
- Gov. Greg Abbott labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations a foreign terrorist group, and CAIR sued calling the designation false, while civil-rights groups note sharia is a personal religious code and Muslims make up under 2% of Texans.