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Trump: Transgender people can use whatever bathroom they want
Politico ^ | 04/21/2016 | NICK GASS

Posted on 04/21/2016 7:34:21 AM PDT by BradtotheBone

Transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they want, Donald Trump said Thursday.

"Oh, I had a feeling that question was going to come up, I will tell you. North Carolina did something that was very strong. And they're paying a big price. There's a lot of problems," the Republican presidential candidate said during a town hall event on NBC's "Today."

Referring to comments from an unnamed commentator who on Wednesday said North Carolina should "leave it the way it is right now," Trump said he agreed.

"Leave it the way it is. North Carolina, what they're going through with all the business that's leaving, all of the strife -- and this is on both sides. Leave it the way it is," he said, referring to companies that have canceled plans to move or expand businesses in the state as a result of the law, which bans transgender individuals from using a bathroom that does not match their gender at birth.

"There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go. They use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate," Trump said. "There has been so little trouble. And the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife and the economic -- I mean, the economic punishment that they're taking."

Matt Lauer then asked whether Trump has any transgender people working for his company.

"I really don't know. I probably do. I really don't know," Trump said, answering that he would allow, say, transgender celebrity Caitlyn Jenner to use whatever bathroom she wanted at Trump Tower.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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To: BradtotheBone

First the writer quotes Trump:

“Leave it the way it is,” he said,

and then explains “it” as being the antecedent of this:

referring to companies that have canceled plans to move or expand businesses in the state as a result of the law, which bans transgender individuals from using a bathroom that does not match their gender at birth.

Someone will have to help me with this one. I would maintain that the antecedent of “it” is traditional restroom customs.


81 posted on 04/21/2016 8:04:40 AM PDT by odawg
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To: lodi90
Cruz has already been on Beck to damn Trump about this. Hilarious. Cruz finds a microphone faster than Al Sharpton. LOL.

The crLuzer won't be in the beam of the main weapon of the Media DeathStar unless he becomes a problem - because he IS no problem.

82 posted on 04/21/2016 8:04:45 AM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: BradtotheBone

What a wonderful distraction this issue and who will be the new mug on the whatever dollar bill. Are we really that stupid?


83 posted on 04/21/2016 8:04:58 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Trump vs Cruz - One loses in the summer, the other goes down in the fall.)
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To: BradtotheBone
Trump is wrong on this but I am not voting for the federal bathroom police.

Dear Donald, this is a states rights issue.

84 posted on 04/21/2016 8:05:00 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: TexasCajun

“Not Surprising, coming from the TransRepublican candidate.”

As opposed to your candidate, Cruz, the first Transsanity candidate.


85 posted on 04/21/2016 8:05:30 AM PDT by heights
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To: moehoward

The spam has been reduced a bit just recently. :)


86 posted on 04/21/2016 8:06:22 AM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: LNV

He’s talking about it because he was asked a specific question about it. If he had refused to answer, people would also be going crazy.”

What he should have said is that it’s a state issue and he’s not running for state office. He just doesn’t have any political savy.


87 posted on 04/21/2016 8:06:50 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: BradtotheBone

This is what he said, not what the title claims.

“He said the new law creates conflicts and they should have left it like it was before and that transgender only bathrooms would be pricey to institute and open up anti discrimination lawsuits and there had to be a better way”


88 posted on 04/21/2016 8:07:01 AM PDT by stockpirate (Rush is a low information talk show host concerning Ted sCruz and Marco foamboy Rubio.)
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To: heights; TexasCajun

Teddie, the Transsanity candidate! LOL!


89 posted on 04/21/2016 8:07:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: NKP_Vet

Cruz’s room mate in college has said he acted like a fag.


Well Cruz did live apart from his wife for 7 years and strongly supported John Roberts. Hmmmm.


90 posted on 04/21/2016 8:07:42 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: KansasGirl

“That’s not what Trump supports. Trump supports letting men use women’s restrooms. He says to not so so is discriminatory.”

Are you being snarky or just ignorant. Trump did not say let men use women’s restrooms. He said transgenders.

Now the whole concept is repulsive, but transgenders have been going to the bathrooms of their choice, by necessity, all along.


91 posted on 04/21/2016 8:07:45 AM PDT by odawg
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To: kiryandil

>>So, are you going to “stand corrected” on your bogus ‘Trump wants to raise taxes’ post? :)<<

Not no....but HELL NO!

This is the way Fox reported it this morning.


92 posted on 04/21/2016 8:07:59 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: Wilderness Conservative
Squirrel!

Shiny!

93 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:01 AM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: LNV

He should have given the right answer then.


94 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:17 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: HarleyLady27
If Trump had said: ‘No I don't agree with this, men should use men's rooms and women should use women's rooms’ he would have been taken to task for not agreeing to the ‘gay laws’ that were passed

You're right about that. But IMO it's a fight worth fighting.

Because this is not a trivial issue. No one on the national stage is pushing back hard against these PC demands. So the PC groups are getting bolder and bolder.

Now, let's look at it coldly, from a purely political stance. If Trump had gone on record as saying that men should use men's rooms, and women should use women's rooms, he would have GAINED votes, not lost them.

And that's because Hillary already has the gay vote locked up.

95 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:23 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: servantboy777

Why are you trying to sabotage Trump on Free Republic?


96 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:36 AM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative
That's the tactic of the Obamanation that causes desolation. Just keep pushing garbage and junk, Kardashian-style, until the American people start getting buried in trying to sort through the garbage. He knows exactly what he's doing in destroying traditional America and American values. All a big game to him; the joke's on him when eternity comes knocking.


97 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: odawg

Define “Transgender”. How do you prove one is or is not Transgendered?


98 posted on 04/21/2016 8:08:58 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: BradtotheBone

Progressive is what progressives do & support. While they are using whatever bathroom they want, Donald will make sure they have health care “PAID FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT.


99 posted on 04/21/2016 8:09:03 AM PDT by House Atreides (TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
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To: AppyPappy
If it is so trivial, why is Trump talking about it? Why does Trump want men in a girls bathroom?

He was asked the specific question. And he never said he wants men in a girl's bathroom. Or boys in a women's bathroom either.

100 posted on 04/21/2016 8:09:14 AM PDT by noexcuses
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