TALLAHASSEE, FL— Today, the Paul Renner for Governor campaign put out the following statement regarding outside interference in Florida’s Republican primary and the coordinated push to expand AI data centers across our state:
Paul Renner said: “I was Speaker of the House at a time when Joe Biden and his big business cronies were using every lever of federal power to control and loot America.
“We earned our “Free State” brand, and the prosperity that followed, by standing unapologetically on conservative principles. We maintained law and order. We rejected COVID mandates. We pushed back against federal overreach. And we refused to let Wall Street strong-arm our businesses, our consumers, and our parents into adopting a woke ideological agenda.
“Now the same forces are back — just wearing a different costume.
“While AI has important uses, the collusion between Big Tech and Big Utility companies to ram through massive AI expansion is greed-mongering at its worst. They want to line their pockets with taxpayer-subsidized profits while straining our utility grid, draining our water resources, and consuming our natural assets. And what are they building? Tools that can be weaponized for economic manipulation and ideological control over the next generation.
“This is not innovation; it’s consolidation of power!
“The pro-AI political group “Leading the Future,” founded and run by a team of Chuck Schumer liberals, is now attempting to interfere in Florida’s Republican primary with a $5-million ad buy to prop up Byron Donalds.
“Let me be clear: The State of Florida Is Not For Sale!
“I am calling on Byron Donalds to immediately reject this committee’s assistance, renounce his support for the massive expansion of AI data centers in Florida, and take down the “For Sale” sign he has placed on our state.
“We have seen this movie playout before. Liberal billionaire globalists hollowed out and destroyed states like New York and California. Now they have set their sights on Florida — because we are successful, sovereign, and free.
“As Speaker, I stood shoulder to shoulder with Governor DeSantis to defeat their agenda. As Governor, I will do it again.
“Florida will remain free. Florida will remain strong. And Florida will never bow to billionaire-backed schemes that put profit and power ahead of our people.”
For more information about Paul Renner for Governor or to join the fight, visit: voterenner.com.