Posted on 12/19/2016 10:32:09 AM PST by Kaslin
During a time when a lot of pundits are screaming about partisan antics taking place in North Carolina - there is a monumental bipartisan deal set to take place inside the state’s capitol.
Incoming Democratic governor Roy Cooper announced that the state's legislature will repeal the controversial HB2 law that has caused the ire of so many liberals and pro-LGBT activists around the country.
"Senate Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore assured me that as a result of Charlotte's vote, a special session will be called for Tuesday to repeal HB 2 in full. I hope they will keep their word to me and with the help of Democrats in the legislature, HB2 will be repealed in full,” the governor-elect said in a statement.
Governor-elect Cooper was referring to a deal made between the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature and the Democratic Charlotte city council. The whole reason, Republicans argue, HB2 came to fruition was because of an ordinance passed in Charlotte allowing basically anyone to walk into a public bathroom of their choosing. With the Charlotte ordinance now taken back, the North Carolina capitol will hold a special session Tuesday to repeal HB2.
The cooperation between local Republicans and Democrats is a strong sign of partisanship as the state recovers from a contentious gubernatorial race. Last week, lawmakers removed certain powers away from the incoming Democrat governor.
After passing the “Bathroom Bill,” the state of North Carolina faced intense backlash, resulting in various boycotts.
And take little boys out into the woods away from their parents so they can teach them Faggotry 101
I dont know if it cost us the governorship, or if it was the toll road issue that did, but we did lose it. This move by the Charlotte Town Council just shows that it was all about politics all along. This deal has been on the table for months, and they wait until McCrory loses to do the deal. Really saddened that McCrory didn’t win because although he was a moderate in Charlotte and I didnt vote for him in the primaries 4 years back, he exceeded ALL my expectations for him. He road the conservative rail, although I’m sure a VERY conservative House/Senate helped that.
Roy will be the weakest governor in the US anyway. R’s have SUPERMajorities in both houses. He just gets to sit there and watch things become law without his signature!
Glad to hear that you have strong legislative majorities.
Because there is no reason why Charlotte can’t reverse themselves or Asheville or Raleigh pass a bill that says otherwise. With a dumblecrat governor, its doubtful the legislature can pass another bill again. MAYBE they could overide a veto.
sounds to me like they just capitulated.
Lol, that’s true!
I’m a Buckeye with Tarheel sympathies. But I don’t live there. I don’t know what they’ll do.
Anything to distract from the pillaging of our Treasury.
If I’m ever in a ladies room with my daughters and a pervert walks in then he won’t be walking out. I am not going to play with the safety of my children on this.
McCroy lost 30,000 votes in a republican dominated area of Iredell and northern mecklenburg county due to the toll road on I—77 north and south
And the stupid party rolls on and never learns.
The bathroom “bill” was never necessary. It was McCrory answering the City of Charlotte’s ordinance saying drag queens can go in whatever bathroom they wanted. McCrory did the right thing when he signed it but the queer-crazied NCAA and ESPN jumped right on it and started pulling ball games out of the state. I think it was the biggest reason McCrory was not reelected. Now the bill will be repealed the state will go back to the way it was before. Men and women bathrooms. If a store wants to build a “gender neutral” bathroom so be it. If a pervert is caught in the women’s bathroom he gets the hell beat out of him and arrested. The creep democrat governor has been stripped of what little power he had by the republican dominated legislature. They can veto anything fag loving Cooper puts in front of them.
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