VIDEO: Even Fox News Host Chris Wallace Calls ‘Bathroom Bills’ a ‘Solution in Search of a Problem’
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace slammed anti-LGBT conservatives this weekend for their obsession with so-called “bathroom bills,” like North Carolina’s HB2, that ban transgender people from using restrooms that conform to their gender identity.
After listening to conservative pundit and publisher Ben Domenech’s claim that they are necessary to prevent men – not transgender women – from attacking women in restrooms, Wallace decided to point to actual research.
“We actually decided to try to find out whether it is a public safety issue, whether it is a problem with transgender people misusing bathrooms to prey on others,” Wallace told his viewers.
“Here is what the fact checking group PolitiFact found,” he said, reading their statement. “‘We,’ that’s the PolitiFact, ‘haven’t found any instance of criminals convicted of using transgender protections as cover in the United States. Neither have any left wing groups or right wing groups.'”
Wallace concluded, “this seems to be a solution in search of a problem.”
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Hat tip: Raw Story
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