Jan. 6 rioter condemns Frisco City Council for allowing mosque to be built
A Jan. 6 rioter and candidate for a Florida U.S. Senate seat shamed the Frisco City Council for allowing an Islamic mosque to be built in the city.
At the Tuesday meeting, the City Council decided against appealing approval for an Islamic mosque, a Hindu temple and a Jain temple.
Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney explained that if the projects meet all the planning and zoning requirements, “by law we have to approve the items.” They have the rights to build in Frisco, Cheney said.
“What’s before us tonight is not a policymaking agenda item,” Cheney said. “It’s a procedural administrative decision based on zoning. The policymaking happened 25 and 30 years ago.”
His statement was met with shouts of boo and applause from the audience.
The council heard over three hours of public statements from over 40 speakers at three minutes each.
Edward Jacob Lang, a conservative activist and Florida U.S. Senate candidate, is a native New Yorker who rioted on Jan. 6 and was pardoned by President Donald Trump. Lang said Muslims are trying to take over America and the Frisco City Council “should be strung” for “inviting the enemy to eat at the table.”
Lang continued his comments past his allotted three minutes and was escorted out of the meeting for breaking the decorum policy.
Another opponent, KingdomLife Lead Prophet Brandon Burden, said Muslims “need to assimilate into the culture and not take it over.”
Many people spoke in favor of the three houses of worship and urged the council to condemn the hateful statements made by opponents.