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Governor Pat McCrory took to national television on Sunday to explain his decision to sign House Bill 2, and his executive order to walk back parts of the so-called bathroom bill just three weeks later. In the nearly 10-minute interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” McCrory told interviewer Chuck Todd:
- HB2 was necessary to address “government overreach” by the city of Charlotte
- “We need more dialogue, not threats.”
- “I’m not the private sector’s HR director. I’m the HR director and governor of all state employees.”
- “We’ve got to deal with this extremely new social norm that has come to our nation in a very quick period of time and have these discussions about the complexity of equality, while also balancing the concept of privacy.”
- He did not meet with any transgendered people prior to signing HB2
- On the Human Rights Campaign (HRC): “My gosh, they’re more powerful than the NRA.”
- He favors repealing the one section of the bill that allows for the ability to sue in state court; the bathroom section of the bill affecting transgendered individuals is unlikely to change.
NBC estimates that North Carolina conservatively has lost $39.7 million since the governor signed the bill from businesses protesting the discriminatory legislation.
Watch the full interview below:
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