Ted Cruz Stump Speech Now Includes Anti-Trans HB2 Bathroom ‘Joke’ About Trump Dressing Up As Hillary
North Carolina HB2 Leads Ted Cruz To Attack Transgender People and Civil Rights
Senator Ted Cruz has added a new section to his stump speech: mocking transgender people by attacking rivals Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton‘s positions opposing North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law HB2.
Ted Cruz: “In the last 48 hours, Donald Trump has come out for grown men going into the bathroom with little girls.”
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) April 22, 2016
.@TedCruz repeats this joke in Terre Haute, IN: “If Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he still can’t go to the girls’ bathroom.”
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) April 24, 2016
“So let me make things real simple, even if Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he shouldn’t be using the girl’s restroom,†the Texas Tea Party Senator quipped on Saturday in Lebanon, Indiana. Earlier this week Cruz slammed Trump for opposing HB2, and equated transgender women with “grown men pretending to be women.” He also released a disgusting transphobic ad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjsOMCq5uM
On Sunday, Cruz repeated the “joke,” saying, “If Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he still can’t go to the girl’s bathroom.”
WATCH: @tedcruz: “If Donald Trump dresses up as Hillary Clinton, he still can’t go to the girl’s bathroom.”https://t.co/RYB8iZlVDN
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 24, 2016
Buzzfeed notes Sen. Cruz laughed and “apologized to the audience for giving them a mental image of ‘Donald in a bright blue pantsuit.'”
Cruz says allowing transgender people to use public restroom of their choice is “opening the door for predators.”
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 24, 2016
Earlier this week Cruz staff kicked a teenaged boy out of a rally in Maryland, because he was transgender.Â
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WATCH: Transgender Teen Explains What Happened When Ted Cruz’s Campaign Kicked Him Out of a Rally
Teenaged Boy Says Ted Cruz Staffers Just Kicked Him Out of a Maryland Rally Because He’s Transgender
WATCH: Ted Cruz Tells Married Gay NYC GOP Voter the Only Protection He Needs Is Religious Liberty
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Image: Screenshot via ABC News/TwitterÂ
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