Florida gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner calls for fed Muslim immigration ban
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The Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate is calling for a “permanent” federal ban on Muslim immigration, arguing that Islam is incompatible with American law and values.
Former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, who launched a bid for governor in the Sunshine State last summer, said Tuesday he would propose and promote a “permanent and comprehensive” federal ban on Muslim immigration.
“We have to be realistic and honest about the lack of long-term compatibility of Islam in this country,” he said. “We cannot be in long-term harmony with the American Constitution and the American way of life.”
Renner added that anyone with ties to terrorism, defrauding taxpayers or convicted of a serious crime should be stripped of citizenship and deported.
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Paul Renner says he will push for a federal ban on Muslim immigration as part of his candidacy for governor of Florida. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
Renner made the comments while speaking in front of a “No Sharia Law” sign during a press conference. Sharia law is a religious legal framework derived from Islamic texts that regulates various aspects of life for some Muslims.
The gubernatorial candidate noted that a bill had been passed in the Florida Legislature that would ban the use of certain foreign laws, including sharia law, in state courts.
Renner argued that “only American law can be used in American courts, and that goes without saying.”
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Florida House Speaker Paul Renner (R) and Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo at Coastal Community Church in Lighthouse Point on May 16, 2023. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
He added that he would also end all funding to schools that promote what he described as Sharia law concepts.
Renner said he would follow the law designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis previously issued an executive order designating these groups as FTOs last December, but a federal judge issued a temporary injunction, citing First Amendment concerns, The Floridian reported.
In his announcement, Renner cited a “repeating pattern of conflict and violence” in the years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, including the recent shooting at Old Dominion University in Virginia that left one person dead and two others injured.
Suspected shooter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was a former Army National Guard soldier convicted of supporting ISIS, according to the Justice Department.
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“The reality is that while there are people in this country who will live with us in peace, the increased division, increased conflict, and increased violence that we, as a system, have seen for decades since 9/11 will continue, and we must be realistic about that and put a stop to that to protect Americans,” Renner said. he said. “That’s the first job of any governor or any elected official, and that’s what I’ll do as governor.”
DeSantis, who is entering his second consecutive term, is not allowed to run again in 2026. President Donald Trump previously supported U.S. Representative Byron Donalds for the post.
