Overview
- Renner, speaking Tuesday in Tampa, said Islam is not compatible with American society and pledged to push a permanent federal ban on Muslim immigration.
- He said people convicted of terrorism or defrauding taxpayers should be denaturalized and deported upon conviction.
- He backed listing CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups, enforcing a state ban on using Sharia in courts, and stopping voucher money for schools that promote Sharia concepts.
- CAIR Florida and other civil rights leaders blasted the plan as dangerous and pointed to First Amendment protections, noting Florida is home to about 125,000 Muslims.
- The agenda faces headwinds, with Florida’s HB 1471 awaiting the governor and DeSantis’s December terror labels blocked by a federal judge as the state appeals, while Renner trails front-runner Byron Donalds.