WarRoom Battleground EP 939: Shaking Up Texas

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What bill did Governor Abbott sign regarding Sharia law in Texas?

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Governor Abbott signed a bill banning Sharia law, the legislation created after a religious rights battle erupted in Collin County. Good evening, I'm Clarice Tinsley. Governor Abbott was in North Texas for that bill signing banning residential properties from creating Sharia law compounds. This comes after state Republican leaders raised concerns about a Muslim-centric development plan in Collin County called Epic City. Fox 4's Stephen Dial. is there and has more Stephen. Glory's governor habit says that this law was needed in his words to prevent discrimination based on religion. As you mentioned, some lawmakers were concerned and passed bills after the East Plano Islamic Center had plans to make a development for

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people of the Muslim faith in Josephine. Now, while Sharia law is not mentioned in this bill language, the governor signed Friday. He says he intend it intends to ban residential property developments like Epic City from creating Sharia law compounds. Abbott said that this law is not targeting Muslims. He says it prevents any housing discrimination on the basis of any religion. Regardless of which religion it is, people are not going to be able to establish these comprehensive, large-scale developments that limit only people of one religious belief to that area. And you can only buy if you're part of that religion.

What concerns did Texas Republican leaders have about the Epic City development?

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You can only steal if you're part of that religion. Religious discrimination is in violation of Texas law. Now the plan for the development included 1000 homes, a mosque and school. The developers for the community say that people from all religions will be welcome in June. The US Department of Justice closed an investigation into Epic City. Now there have still been multiple state investigations into this type of development, and it's important to note that the lawyers representing those for this development say that this is what they call racial profiling.

John Cornyn 2:05

Radical Islam is a bloodthirsty ideology. It fueled the unspeakable crimes on October the 7th. It showed its evil face again at Bondi Beach. As Texas Senator, I'm fighting to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Council on American Islamic Relations. Let me be clear. No organization that supports terrorists should receive taxpayer benefits. And Sharia law has no place in American courts or communities. I'm John Cornyn and I approve this message. Join my team and give today.

How does Governor Abbott justify the ban on Sharia law compounds?

John Cornyn 2:35

And this is all about a special election for a Texas state Senate seat.

Stephen K. Bannon 2:41

around Fort Worth that's exactly right Texas 9 Texas 9 because what happened in Texas 9 it didn't just swing to the left it took a rocket ship to the left my goodness gracious the Texas 9 Senate district election marches this was a district that Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024 the Democratic candidate in the special election on Saturday hello won it by 14 points that's an over 30 point shift to the left any Republican Unlike Ron DeSantis, who doesn't take this seriously, they should realize that this is very perilous. They ignore this result at their own peril.

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Ron DeSantis is right to say, hey, special elections can be quirky, but this ain't no quirk. Congressman Pete Sessions from Texas basically told me, he said, no Democrat should ever win in North Texas like this. Although we also said, ah, there was an ice storm. 31 points. That's not an ice storm. No, that ain't no ice storm. If you ignore this, you're going to ice yourself out of a majority come the midterm. All right. When we look at these special elections, and this is something you and I talk about a lot and look at very closely in between the federal elections, what can they tell us?

Stephen K. Bannon 3:51

Okay. So, you know, you see this 31-point shift to the left, right? If this were just one election, that would be one thing. But it's the slew. of special elections that together paint a picture and it's a picture that democrats should love and a picture that republicans should be really worried about because what are we talking about here okay the average twenty twenty five twenty six special election democrats are doing get this twelve points better