‘Discrimination Is Not Only Wrong, It’s Bad for Business’
Speaking in Charlotte, Hillary Clinton slammed Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory over HB2, his unconstitutional anti-LGBT law that among other acts bans transgender people from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity.
“HB2 is another example of trying to discriminate against people that doesn’t have any place in our modern society,†Clinton said, after attacking North Carolina Republicans for passing an anti-voting law a federal appeals court struck down in July.
“You see this first-hand in North Carolina. Discrimination is not only wrong, it’s bad for business. The NBA, you know, canceled the game,” Clinton said, referring to the All-Star Game. “PayPal canceled 400 jobs. Others are not coming to this beautiful state. Because they don’t want to be associated with the discriminatory, bigoted policies of your governor and legislature. And what you have to do about it is change your governor and change one of your senators. We’re going to need reinforcements up in Washington.”
Governor Pat McCrory, losing in the polls to his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Roy Cooper, in characteristic fashion immediately issued an angry press release, slamming “the dangerous Clinton-Cooper politically correct and extreme agenda.”
“Hillary Clinton has lied to the FBI and has lied to the American people,” McCrory falsely stated, as lying to the FBI is a federal offense and she would have been charged were it true. Â
“Now she is using Roy Cooper’s lies to distort the truth about North Carolina’s growing economy, rising teacher pay and common sense values shared by millions of Americans. The Clinton-Cooper extreme agenda is not only wrong for North Carolina and America, it’s dangerous.”
One day earlier McCrory had also suggested transgender children were dangerous.
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