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TexasTowelie

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Thu Oct 6, 2016, 04:37 AM Oct 2016

McCrory says he’s been consistent on HB2

[font color=330099]...consistently wrong, that is.[/font]

Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday said he has consistently supported the bathroom provision in House Bill 2, and never intended repealing it if a repeal would allow for a new definition of gender identity.

McCrory and Republican legislative leaders last month said a deal with Charlotte was in the works in which the General Assembly could vote to repeal HB2 if the city first repealed its wide-ranging anti-discrimination ordinance.

The governor’s comment in a recent TV interview on the Christian Broadcasting Network sparked accusations this week from his opponent’s campaign that he had been misleading in previous public remarks when he said HB2 could be repealed.

The interviewer asked McCrory if he had ever considered repealing the bill.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article105975162.html

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