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Texas Lt. Governor Announces Boycott of Trans-Friendly Businesses, Gets Slammed on Twitter (Video)

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GOP Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick Backs North Carolina-Style Anti-LGBT Legislation HB2 For Texas

Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce a boycott of businesses that allow transgender people to use restrooms according to their gender identity.

Later, in a TV interview (above), Patrick expressed support for North Carolina’s hateful anti-LGBT House Bill 2, suggesting he would back similar legislation if it’s introduced in the Lone Star State next year. 

Patrick’s support for such laws is hardly surprising, given that he spent more than $50,000 for a disgusting TV ad opposing Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance. He also has a petition on his website, calling for people to “Say No To Men In Women’s Restrooms.”  

But Patrick’s latest tweet about the subject didn’t go over too well. In fact, all of the roughly 20 responses were critical of Patrick’s boycott, even though he later told NBC Channel 5 in Dallas that he believes more than 90 percent of the station’s viewers support his position. 

In the TV interview, Patrick called the idea of allowing transgender people to use restrooms according to their gender identity “asinine,” adding that business backlash over HB2 in North Carolina is “nonsense” and “big bluff and bluster.” 

North Carolina has lost thousands of jobs and about a billion dollars in revenue because of HB2.

“This is such an easy issue, of all the issues we deal with,” Patrick said. “Asking a man not to follow you in the bathroom, I really don’t think that’s too much controversy.” 

‘Men Don’t Want Their Women Subjected To’ Transgender Women in Restrooms, Says Patrick

After reporter Julie Fine pointed out that transgender women aren’t men, Patrick said it “doesn’t matter,” and that he shouldn’t subject his mother and grandaughter to “figuring out the psychology of a man who just followed them into the restroom.” 

“This is not about equal rights. I’m totally in favor of equal rights,” Patrick said. “I’m not prejudiced against anyone, but I don’t want any man for any reason going into a woman’s bathroom or a woman’s locker room, and I don’t think that 90 percent plus of your audience disagrees.” 

“Men don’t want their women to be subjected to” transgender women in women’s restrooms, Patrick said.

In fact, Patrick is rabidly anti-LGBT. He once attacked Houston Mayor Annise Parker for marrying her longtime partner in California. He also requested an opinion from then-Attorney General Greg Abbott in 2013 about whether domestic partner benefits were legal. And the day before the 2014 GOP primary, Patrick appeared at a “Stand for Marriage” press conference in Houston, which was billed as a rally against “sodomite marriage.”

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, Patrick called for county clerks and judges to be allowed to opt out of participating in them. And he recently directed lawmakers to study anti-LGBT religious freedom legislation prior to next year’s session, including a proposal to bar cities from enacting nondiscrimination ordinances. 

“Does a woman not have a right to be able to walk into a bathroom and feel comfortable? And the way these ordinances are written, any man could walk into a bathroom if that’s the way they feel that day,” Patrick told NBC 5. “This is how far we have shifted in this connote of being so politically correct. This is just asinine. This is nothing about rights of gays and lesbians and transgender people. This is about respecting women and keeping women safe.”

More than 20 anti-LGBT bills were introduced in the Texas Legislature in 2015, but none passed — largely due to opposition from the business community. 

Steve Rudner, chair of the board of Equality Texas, responded to Patrick’s comments with the following statement: 

“Texans know which restroom to use; they don’t need any help from the Texas Legislature. Transgender Texans have been using restrooms matching their gender identity for years. Equality Texas knows that any policies proposed as ‘gender policing’ are just new laws searching for a problem.”

Watch Patrick’s full interview above. 

 

Image: Screenshot via NBC Channel 5

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Blanche Suggests Trump Played Role in FBI Investigation of Georgia Elections Office

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suggested on Friday that President Donald Trump had a role in the FBI’s investigation that led to the execution of a search warrant on a Georgia elections office, where ballots from the 2020 election reportedly were seized.

For years, President Trump has claimed that the 2020 presidential election he lost had been stolen, despite dozens of court cases that failed to prove so.

At a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, Blanche suggested the president played a role in the investigation that led to the FBI raid, according to Politico.

“Blanche suggested that the probe was related to ‘election integrity’ and that President Donald Trump had a role in it,” Politico reported. Blanche also appeared to confirm the raid was in connection with a criminal investigation.

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“It should be no surprise to many in this room, or anybody watching, that election integrity is extraordinarily important to this administration, always has been and always will be,” Blanche told reporters.

“And so the fact that President Trump and this administration are investigating to make sure that … we are investigating issues around elections to make sure that we do have completely fair and appropriate elections should not be surprising, but I can’t comment on any criminal investigations.”

The New York Times’ Glenn Thrush, during the press conference, posted to social media, “When asked about FBI’s seizure of voter records in Atlanta — Todd Blanche just said that Trump himself ‘is investigating’ voter fraud.”

In modern presidential administrations it would be unusual for a president to play a role in a specific Department of Justice criminal investigation, so as to avoid the appearance of political interference.

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CNN’s Tapper Flags ‘Killed’ Trump-Related Link in Epstein Dump — Access Restored Fast

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Access to a document originally released as part of Friday’s Epstein files document dump that included language related to accusations against President Donald Trump and others allegedly had been removed, according to Jake Tapper. In just under an hour access was restored after the CNN anchor’s social media post.

The page Tapper linked to had read: “We are sorry, the page you’re looking for can’t be found on the Department of Justice website.”

“DOJ has since killed this link,” Tapper wrote. “This is what was there.”

Access was restored about 48 minutes later, according to Tapper’s posts.

According to the screenshot the CNN journalist posted on social media, the document included complaint summaries alleging minors engaging in sexual acts with Trump and others. The complaints are allegations and not proof or evidence of wrongdoing. Donald Trump has denied any wrongdoing.

Part of one accusation alleged, “Caller named other individuals involved in ‘big orgy parties’ with her, other young girls, and older Victoria’s Secret models, including Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.”

“Online complainant reported she was a victim and witness to a sex trafficking ring at the Trump Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes. CA between 1995- 1996,” that same allegation continued. “Complainant reported Ghislaine Maxwell as the madam and broker for sex parties, clients of whom included Epstein, Robin Leach, and Donald Trump.”

The screenshot stated that the “Response” to those complaints was that “Complainant was spoken to and deemed not credible.”

Other complaints in the screenshotted document read: “One of complainant’s ex-girlfriend’s daughters told complainant Trump raped her, as did Epstein.”

The screenshot of the document included multiple allegations that are graphic and include references to rape and murder.

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‘We Did Not Protect President Trump’ DOJ Says Upon Releasing Millions More Epstein Files

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More than forty days after federal law required the release of the Epstein files, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it will post about three million additional documents from its trove on Friday.

In addition to the documents, 2,000 videos and about 180,000 images will also be released, according to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who “said the files included images taken by Epstein and others that were on his devices but he didn’t take,” NBC News reported.

“Blanche said that the public should not find within the files the names of any men who abused women in connection with Epstein,” NBC added. “His comments affirm an unsigned statement from the DOJ and the FBI last year that sparked an avalanche of criticism and calls for more transparency.”

When asked by reporters if he had updated the White House on the release of the files, Blanche said, “My team has certain communications with the White House — let me just be clear, they had nothing to do with this review. They had no oversight with this review, they did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact, what not to redact. They absolutely knew that I was doing this press conference today and I was releasing the materials today.”

Blanche insisted there was no “oversight by the White House” in the process.

Asked if the DOJ is releasing all documents related to President Donald Trump from the files, Blanche told reporters, “I can assure that we complied with the statute.”

“We complied with the act,” he said, “We did not protect President Trump.”

“We didn’t protect or not protect anybody,” he added, while declaring that “that there’s a hunger, a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents.”

Blanche insisted that President Trump has had the “same consistent message about Jeffrey Epstein.” He also insisted that “there’s not been a change, of course, or anything, and certainly his direction to … the Department of Justice was to release the files, be as transparent as we can.”

 

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