I thought you got my context: People don't know whether Trump is conservative or not, on many issues. Especially this one, since his first comment seemed to mock N Carolina for defending normal people and smacking down one of their crazy Lefty cities. The State was doing its job, as opposed to the Feds, who are overreaching as usual.
None of us can afford to have conservatives stay home this time. They're mad as hell, and it's a perfect opportunity for Trump to be the little boy pointing out that the Emperor is naked (and needs to stay out of the Ladies' room).
Trump wasn’t mocking anyone. He is a pragmatic man and he said that the laws on the books allowed for the protection of women/men. He argued that it was wrong to insist that add’l bathrooms be built since it would impose a financial burden on small businesses. My impression is that he thought the law was an over reaction and would not accomplish its purpose, would cause government intrusion into the bathroom and have unintended consequences. Our country is so screwed up right now its hard to know what fire to put out first sometimes.
Perhaps I’m cowardly but I think immigration, the military & economic issues have a broad based appeal and would get Trump into office.
Trump is for traditional marriage, is against abortion and believes in the work ethic, devolution of power to the states and limiting Gov’t by eliminating Departments etc. Some people will never be convinced no matter what he says or how often he says it.
The Dems are waiting for issues they can hijack and they know how to spin a sob story. I personally would prefer if Trump stayed on the issues they will find the hardest to spin. I think Title IX needs to go. It has decimated Men’s Gymnastics and other less popular mens sports because there aren’t enough women participating in sports to balance them. It is perverting our society where women are being urged to compete in table tennis so that the men’s hockey team can continue.
Its Title IX that is being used to shoehorn the LGBT agenda into our schools to the detriment of all involved. Is that a life you would chose for a child? Those advocates are branding & confusing normal kids in developmental stages that everyone passes through that they are actually LGBT.
Being pragmatic Trump picks the battles he can win and sets the stage so that he can win the other battles later. I think the pc/special interest battles will be more easily won when he has more leverage and when the hubbub will not derail the election.