Republican candidates in the Texas primary have linked the Austin bar shooting to radical Islam, despite the FBI yet to confirm its involvement. The statements follow efforts by the GOP to target sharia law in Texas and label a prominent Muslim civil rights group as a terrorist organization. Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn have both called the shooting an act of terror and suggested that the shooter may have been part of an Iranian sleeper cell. The FBI has not specified how it is investigating the violence as a possible terrorism incident. Texas Democrats have condemned anti-Muslim rhetoric and warned that it could have consequences for families, neighbors, and civil rights.