Paul Renner

Christian. Lucky husband & proud father of 2. Speaker of the FL House, 22-24. Navy vet, former prosecutor, & business atty. Republican candidate for Governor.

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

🚨During COVID, Florida held the line. Governor DeSantis, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, and I worked together to keep Florida free. We opposed many of the federal public health policies promoted during the pandemic and pursued a different approach for the state.

When elected Governor, I will ask Dr. Ladapo to continue serving as Florida's Surgeon General. Byron Donalds has said he would evaluate whether to retain him (and we know what that means), while David Jolly has bragged he would fire him.

In my administration, Dr. Ladapo will continue to follow the science and not the groupthink that characterized the COVID era.

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Florida has worked hard to enforce the rule of law and secure our communities.

Voters deserve to know where candidates stand on illegal immigration and whether their positions match the challenges our state faces.

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To be clear, I support a statewide moratorium, i.e., full ban on the construction of hyper-scale data centers without ANY time limit. That is what I will propose to the legislature in the first 100 days.

[Frank from Florida @RealFrankFromFL]

HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTERS will be the focus of the Primary and General Election in Florida.

James Fishback: Full statewide ban.

No new centers in any of Florida’s 67 counties. Protects land, water & electric bills from an industry that “takes everything and gives nothing back.”

Renner: Statewide moratorium (12-24 months).

Halt new hyperscale projects so we can ask the hard questions first about power, water & costs to ratepayers.

Collins: Guardrails + local control.

Says a ban isn’t realistic or legal. Previously sponsored legislation that would have extended tax exemptions for data centers.

Two of them want to slam the brakes. One wants to keep the door open with conditions.

I’m not saying which is right and which is wrong, I’ll leave that to you.

Be honest, whose DATA CENTER plan makes the most sense to you, regardless of who you plan on voting for?

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Let’s hold the line again on August 18th.

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[Florida Native @OliviaFLNative]

“When the world was shutting down, when other states were masking toddlers and locking up businesses, Florida had a firewall. Three men held the line: Ron DeSantis with the vision, Dr. Joseph Ladapo with the medical courage, and Paul Renner, then Speaker of the House, turning principle into law.”

[Frank from Florida @RealFrankFromFL]

HYPER-SCALE DATA CENTERS will be the focus of the Primary and General Election in Florida.

James Fishback: Full statewide ban.

No new centers in any of Florida’s 67 counties. Protects land, water & electric bills from an industry that “takes everything and gives nothing back.”

Renner: Statewide moratorium (12-24 months).

Halt new hyperscale projects so we can ask the hard questions first about power, water & costs to ratepayers.

Collins: Guardrails + local control.

Says a ban isn’t realistic or legal. Previously sponsored legislation that would have extended tax exemptions for data centers.

Two of them want to slam the brakes. One wants to keep the door open with conditions.

I’m not saying which is right and which is wrong, I’ll leave that to you.

Be honest, whose DATA CENTER plan makes the most sense to you, regardless of who you plan on voting for?

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Florida didn't become the Free State by accident. We're going to defend what works and expand those principles wherever people are ready to embrace them.

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Justice delayed is justice denied. Families of victims should not have to wait decades while murderers sit on death row. As Governor, I’ll fight to make sure Florida delivers justice swiftly and stands with victims, not criminals.

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Honored to have your vote, Alan!

[Alan Mosher 🐊 (fka Grumpy Old Al) @ConservativaPol]

Proud to have cast my vote today for Florida's next Governor, Paul Renner.

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Why should Florida families pay higher electric bills so billion-dollar AI companies can expand?

As Governor, I'll put Floridians first with a statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers.

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@idhumptrump @RealFrankFromFL Thank you! I’d love to have one with Byron.

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I recently sat down for an interview and wanted to share some of the questions I was asked, along with my answers.

“While speaker of the house, you promoted safeguards for children from social media exploitation. Is that mission accomplished or does more need to be done?”

“More needs to be done. You now have A.I. on top of that. I'm not against A.I. as a technology, but the threat to kids is, it takes it up an order of magnitude. So, we have children on these addictive social media platforms that are having major psychological issues, depression, suicide, really wrecking them, because it's using addiction to keep them on for hours at a time. And it's been documented everywhere. countries across the globe are banning young children from getting on these addictive platforms, which is positive. 

A.I. will only make that worse for children. It just doesn't have a moral compass. And so, humanity has to be in control of technology, not the other way around.”

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

I recently sat down for an interview and wanted to share some of the questions I was asked, along with my answers.

“How do you balance having compassion for your neighbors while also having zero tolerance for ille illegal immigration?

Illegal immigration is driving up home prices. It's putting a burden on taxpayers and in terms of education, health care — all the things that taxpayers have to foot the bill for, and people can't afford their own bills. So, I'm compassionate for people who are Florida residents, U.S. citizens, and that's where compassion belongs. 

Certainly, people that go through the process and become immigrants — I'm married to one — that's a different story. But people that are coming across the border, people that should not be here, need to leave.”

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I recently sat down for an interview and wanted to share some of the questions I was asked, along with my answers.

“If elected governor, what would you do to make Florida more affordable?”

“Right after I get inaugurated next January, I want a special session specifically on affordability to cover four things.

One is to address property taxes, depending on what happens on the ballot. I'm the only candidate with a specific plan to eliminate homestead property taxes, help small businesses, renters. 

It's a comprehensive plan that goes beyond just homestead property, with a combination of savings that we can do at all levels of government, with permanent DOGE across the state — the local government, university, special districts — to save a good chunk of that, so we don't have to have replacement taxes.

But the ones we do, we want to shift the burden over to tourists, people who vacation here, who speculate here, out-of-state and out-of-country private equity companies, who turn homes into rentals. They'll pay a little bit more under my plan, and we'll shift that burden away from those who make Florida home. That's number one on taxes. 

And then we have a plan to reduce insurance rates by 10% to 20% through a series of reforms, as well as electric rates by reforming how utilities charge, so they are prioritizing lower cost options, not getting paid a guaranteed profit based on how much they spend, which of course incentivizes them to spend more.

And then separately on affordability is stopping the construction of these 1.0 versions of the A.I. hyperscale data centers. 

Imagine if you bragged to your friends about your music collection and you pointed to your wall and said, "Look at my eight-track tape collection." That's really what's on offer with these data centers. Over time, they will get more manageable. But right now, this is a terrible deal for Florida. We need to take a pause on it statewide and then wait for those companies to offer us a better deal with technology that develops, because what's going to happen is they're actually going to abandon these large scale data centers that are going to be the dinosaurs, the eight-track tapes, if you will, of data centers in the future.”

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

If you’d like to know where I stand on these issues, check out https://t.co/mJlJCFLIU2

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I want to put your priorities first, and that starts with listening to you.

What is the #1 issue you want your next Governor to address?

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I recently sat down for an interview and wanted to share some of the questions I was asked, along with my answers.

“What is at the heart of your motivation to be governor?”

“I love the state. I've spent my whole life here. My grandfather moved here almost 100 years ago. My dad was born here. And of course I live moved here at 6 months of age and have lived here ever since, except for college and the Navy. And so I love this state.

I don't want to go backwards. We've become a victim of our success here in Florida. We've done so well that people want to be here. And as a result of that, you see skyrocketing home prices, insurance, taxes, electric bills, and I sense that people feel that we're losing control of our destiny in Florida.

You want someone at the helm who's helped build the free state of Florida, but is going to preserve and protect it. We need to make sure we're taking care of the people who are truly Florida residents. I think is the challenge of the moment.”

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Thank you for your support!

Together, we’re going to win on August 18th.

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[Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 @ChristinaPushaw]

@Jaxm53 I usually vote by mail and already voted by mail for Paul Renner yesterday.

[Paul Renner @Paul_Renner]

Trulieve promised to be a responsible partner. Now, they’re putting their own interests ahead of Florida families.

As Governor, I’ll stand up to any special interest trying to turn Florida into an anything-goes marijuana state.