The Latest: Trump says bathroom laws 'discriminatory'

AP via Montana Standard ^

[don-o]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern):

8:15 a.m.

Donald Trump says he believes transgender people should be able to use whichever bathroom they choose.

Speaking at a town hall event on NBC's "Today" Thursday, Trump said North Carolina's so-called "bathroom law," which directs transgender people to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificates, has caused unnecessary strife.

[.45 Long Colt]

Both?

[austinaero]

Totally disagree with Trump on this one.

[a fool in paradise]

The Donald doesn’t have to answer to any donor or voter.

[ElkGroveDan]

is [this] the inner liberal leaking out?

Leaking? You haven't been paying attention. It has been spraying like a firehouse for a couple of months now. Liberalism is a package deal. If you are wrong on abortion and wrong on sex-perverts, you are almost certainly wrong on just about everything else.

[Night Hides Not]

Nice obfuscation...

[liberalism is suicide]

This makes my voting for him an even slimmer possibility than before. Looks like the 2016 election will be the same old story: The Dems and the GAP(Go Along Party)offering no one to vote for.

[jetson]

Trump could just be using left tactics to gain votes.

[writer33]

Good Lord.

[Mase]

Good grief. Yeah, this is the guy who's going to defund PP, stop the war on Christianity, and stand up to the dreamers.

He's just another politician looking for adoration while blowing in the ever changing winds of public opinion. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

This one WILL blow up in his face.

No, it won't. Anyone who calls him out on this is just a tool of the GOP-E. Or so we'll be told....

[LdSentinal]

Dump Trump.

Make Curt Schilling the GOP nominee.

At least Schilling has common sense.

[don-o]

Hey there! I did a search before I posted. It’s a different headline from AP.

But, to the point...your guy really peed in his own mess kit with this.

Good luck on the spin.

[sarasota]

All they do is change the images on the restroom: figure of man/woman/handicap. That’s what I’ve seen at a recent radiology facility. (Gave me the creeps.)

[Iowa David]

I call you an intelligent, great man who cares about his children

[VanDeKoik]

There is no obfuscation.

I don’t like the idea, but if states like NC aren’t going to stand by their laws after 7 days, then don’t get mad at Trump for not making it the centerpiece of the election.

As much as people here are going to pretend, Cruz isn’t going to say anything differently.

[austinaero]

“By the end of the day would be my prediction.”

I’m thinking within a couple of hours. At least I hope so!

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Well, let's look on the bright side. You know Cruz is going to jump all over this, then there will be a massively entertaining FR food fight.

Then one of Trump's staffers will post something on the website clarifying that he didn't mean what he just said, and we'll be told nothing here, move along.

So that should help anyone who was worried there wouldn't be anything new to discuss today.

[LdSentinal]

9 years ago, FR was purged of Rudy Guiliani supporters.

Now FR is promoting a candidate more liberal than Rudy.

[Uversabound]

THere is a transgender person at work. When I bump into it in the bathroom honestly I don’t like it.

And I don’t believe chillvary is dead.

Will men stand for women being subjected to this?

Oh wait.......

[CaptainK]

He’s a bottom line guy. He thinks the law is hurting NC economically.

I hate this entire subject. Women should feel safe to walk into a bathroom. And Bruce/Catlyn/Whatever Jenner should use the men’s room because he claims he’s still attracted to women.