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Trump: Transgenders Should 'Use the Bathroom That They Feel Is Appropriate'
CNS News ^ | April 21, 2016 | Susan Jones

Posted on 04/21/2016 6:53:01 AM PDT by xzins

Republican Donald Trump says he'd be fine with Caitlyn Jenner using the bathroom of her choice at Trump Tower. (AP File Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - Republican Donald Trump, appearing on Thursday's "Today" show, said transgenders should be allowed to "use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate."

"So if Caitlyn Jenner were to walk into Trump Tower and want to use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses?" host Matt Lauer asked Trump.

"That is correct," Trump said.

Asked for his view on the North Carolina bathroom controversy, Trump said the state has "paid a big price" for requiring transgenders to use the restroom that corresponds with their biological sex.

"Leave it the way it is," he said.

"One of the best answers I heard was from a commentator yesterday, saying 'Leave it the way it is right now.' There have been very few problems. Leave it the way it is. North Carolina, what they're going through with all of the business that's leaving and all of the strife, and that's on both sides -- you leave it the way it is.

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

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Trump said he doesn't know if he has any transgender people working for him. "I probably do, I really don't know."

Trump noted that there's a "big move to create new bathrooms" for transgenders.

"First of all, I think that would be discriminatory in a certain way. It would be unbelievably expensive for businesses and for the country. Leave it the way it is."


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To: frnewsjunkie

Yes . Agree.


361 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:19 AM PDT by fooman (#NeverHillary Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: Trumpinator

Bull dyke lesbians do not have penises . If they did they should also use the men’s urinal . Simple .


362 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:24 AM PDT by katykelly
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To: Gaffer

Um. Where has he EVER said that.

Stop lying.


363 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:25 AM PDT by plewis1250 (The pecking order: Christian, American, Conservative)
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To: Preachin'

I agree with single stall private restrooms. Many restaurants and gas stations already are like that. Fine.

I don’t think it will be as costly as many think for those with large multi-stall areas. The plumbing is already present, the equipment is present, the large area is present. All they lack is walls, doors, locks. All the other items simply need to be repositioned.


364 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:30 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Charlie Browns Gun

Federal judges do not receive lifetime appointments to the bench, as so many seem to believe. According to the Constitution, they serve only while they are on good behavior.

And so, when these judges render opinions that violate basic morality, or the Constitution, or exceed their constitutional authority, they should not be obeyed, they should be impeached and removed immediately.

The fallacy of judicial supremacy is a coup d’etat against constitutional republican self-government. If our elected representatives do not understand these simple facts, we should be about the business of firing them immediately and replacing them with people who will keep their oath of office.

If we don’t soon adopt this as standard practice, there will no longer be any constitutional republic left to save. And our posterity, those who survive the coming cataclysm, will curse our names for having surrendered their right to govern themselves in liberty.


365 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:42 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Trumpinator
How not limited govt of you.

Don't be naive. Laws against theft are imposed morality. Laws against rape are imposed morality. Laws against assault are imposed morality.

You just support government forcing morality with which you agree.

I simply recognize the general form of the concept.

366 posted on 04/21/2016 8:14:58 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Hostage
I would think the question that people here who object would be more correct would be ‘for people that are not transgender, should they be able to use the bathroom of their choice?’.

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Bingo.

367 posted on 04/21/2016 8:15:06 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: xzins
Nor will I support the statement, if it has been correctly reported. But I do not consider this in any way, a Federal issue. As I posted elsewhere:

My support for Donald Trump is based on three things: 1. His clear repudiation of "political correctness," which has stifled public discussion of the real issues for the past two decades. 2. His avowed stands on the most important specific Federal issues. 3. His Conservative instincts, which strongly suggest a continued move to the Right (Trump: Metaphor For American Conservatism.)

Onward! No one, including Donald Trump, has claimed perfection. But he is clearly our best choice for 2016!

368 posted on 04/21/2016 8:15:21 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Hostage
Most transgender men to women never have the surgery. Plus how does one tell if someone is a transgender or a pervert acting like one.
369 posted on 04/21/2016 8:15:59 AM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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To: CA Conservative; xzins

[b) his supporters show up to explain why this is now a “conservative” position?]

Some already are.


370 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:10 AM PDT by KansasGirl (So proud to say, "I voted for Ted Cruz!")
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To: Hostage

Jenner has had no surgery whatsoever, has his original equipment, and says he is attracted to women as sexual partners and not men.

So....Chester the Molester can SAY ALL of that and be perfectly legal.


371 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:10 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Ok then. How about you come back when you have an actual workable solution that works in the real world.


372 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:11 AM PDT by Charlie Browns Gun
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To: Trumpinator
>>You did not get my point hat these issues are distractions

Conserving the natural fitness of a culture isn't a distraction.

Evidently Batman doesn't know any more about human reproductive biology than he did about finances when his mortgage company FAILED.

Stick that in Batman's wherever.

373 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:25 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: xzins

Will have to allow both.


374 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:42 AM PDT by fooman (#NeverHillary Get real with Kin Jung mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: xzins
Thanks for messing over an awful lot of your supporters.

Seriously, dude? You didn't even remotely suspect that he might be blowing smoke before you started signing Trump-a-luliah?

Btw, when do you get the deed to that bridge in Manhattan, and that swampland in Florida? You should be settling that Nigerian probate estate any day now! Money! Yuge money! Money money money!

Reality is going to hit some folks really hard next year.

A few die-hards will still be saying "LOL Go Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump!"

375 posted on 04/21/2016 8:16:51 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Charlie Browns Gun
Secure borders is something we can sell. Social issues aren’t.

Thanks for demonstrating where Trumpism leads.

376 posted on 04/21/2016 8:17:05 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: katykelly
Bull dyke lesbians do not have penises . If they did they should also use the men’s urinal . Simple .

So? The person mentioned that a bathroom would be used by someone who found women/girls attractive not on whether they have a phallus or not. And I assume bull dykes have devices strapped on them to compensate.

377 posted on 04/21/2016 8:17:15 AM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Ohioan

Sorry, Ohioan, but I’m really upset by this.

I consider it a repudiation of creation.


378 posted on 04/21/2016 8:17:16 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: grania
Uhhh....wouldn’t world civilization be better off if we were discussing ways to stop ISIS from chopping off heads?

No, we would be better off discussing ways to pit our liberal enemies against our Islamic religious nut enemies.

It is decadence such as this transgender stuff that is empowering ISIS and others like it world wide. They will eventually win because they don't mind killing people with whom they disagree.

379 posted on 04/21/2016 8:17:25 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: KansasGirl

Not me.

It is not conservative by any stretch of the imagination.


380 posted on 04/21/2016 8:18:03 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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