Quote:In a discussion with conservative leaders last week, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said the reaction to House Bill 2 has gotten personal, leaving his wife “shunned” at social events and making him the target of verbal assaults and even death threats.

McCrory told the group that he’s also experienced political blow-back that he said was orchestrated by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group.

He described companies that say, “Although you’ve been an outstanding governor, we still cannot support you because HRC will attack us,” he recalled. “And I’ve had at least five this week tell me that. Good friends. Very good friends. ‘Pat, I love ya. I love ya man, we’ll be friends for life. We just can’t support you.”

McCrory’s comments to the Family Research Council in Raleigh were published by Buzzfeed, which obtained a recording of the 46-minute talk.

HB2 is the law passed in response to a Charlotte ordinance that extended anti-discrimination protections to the LGBT community and would have allowed transgender people to use the bathroom or locker room of the gender with which they identify.

HB2 nullified the ordinance, barred cities from adopting similar measures and requires transgender individuals to use the bathroom corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate in government buildings. It’s being challenged in a pair of federal lawsuits.

According to the recording, McCrory spoke at length about the fallout from the law:

“It’s almost like the George Orwell book ‘1984’,” he said. “If you disagree with Big Brother or you go against the thought police, you will be purged. And you will disappear.”

“My wife, for example, in Charlotte – she primarily stays in Charlotte,” he said. “She’s been disinvited to charity events. Basically, they call her up and say, ‘You better not come. You better not come.…

“My wife and I ... we’re being shunned for a political disagreement, a values disagreement.”

“I listen to the other side … And I say, ‘I respectfully disagree with you’,” he said. “They do not say that to me, I wave to them with five fingers. They wave back with one. And it’s personal. It’s death threats. Last week, I was verbally assaulted by a 21-year-old drunk student. She was arrested.”

“Everyone says, ‘Gosh, you must have thick skin.’ I don’t have thin skin. I just hide it.”

“It was the liberals that became the bathroom police, not conservatives,” he said. “They passed an ordinance on private sector employers that said, if you don’t recognize gender identity and gender expression – two issues which I had never heard of – we will fine you.”

McCrory said he’s been called a bigot. “I’m the farthest thing from a bigot,” he said. “I love everyone and I’m going to treat everyone equally. I want to treat people who are transgender – I want to hug ’em and say I love ’em. But I don’t agree with the concept of redefining gender. That is a major societal change.”

At one point, McCrory said, “I’m not known as an ultra-conservative.” That brought a quick response.

“You are now,” someone shouted to laughter.

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I like Pat and he is the ONLY candidate running for ANY office I fully give a schit about.

(10-12-2016 05:05 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I like Pat and he is the ONLY candidate running for ANY office I fully give a schit about.

well he can go back to his job at Duke Energy in Feb.

Do stupid things win stupid prizes. Am I right Conservatives?

If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

(10-12-2016 05:06 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:05 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  I like Pat and he is the ONLY candidate running for ANY office I fully give a schit about.

well he can go back to his job at Duke Energy in Feb.

Unlikely.

(10-12-2016 05:07 PM)john01992 Wrote:  Do stupid things win stupid prizes. Am I right Conservatives?

You are going to so butthurt when he wins.

(10-12-2016 05:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

It would be well deserved if you ask me

(10-12-2016 05:11 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:07 PM)john01992 Wrote:  Do stupid things win stupid prizes. Am I right Conservatives?

You are going to so butthurt when he wins.

If he wins he wins. Society trends progressive and sooner or later this will come back to bite him in the ass.

He'll win. No doubt about it.

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(10-12-2016 05:11 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

It would be well deserved if you ask me

I guess, I'm never a fan of one issue elections. But, McCrory has always been spineless.

(10-12-2016 05:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

Never underestimate the silent majority. His opponent was is as incompetent as Hillary at his job. Cooper is God awful. He sounded like idiot in the last debate.

In April he was ahead in every poll by double digits. Now, he hasn't led a poll since July.

(10-12-2016 05:15 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

Never underestimate the silent majority. His opponent was is as incompetent as Hillary at his job. Cooper is God awful. He sounded like idiot in the last debate.

and both those incompetents will be taking an oath of office in January.

Why did he ruin his political career over this?

(10-12-2016 05:16 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:15 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(10-12-2016 05:10 PM)fsquid Wrote:  If HB2 never happens, I think he wins in a landslide. Sadly the combination of NC being a swing state, plus this issue means he will lose.

Never underestimate the silent majority. His opponent was is as incompetent as Hillary at his job. Cooper is God awful. He sounded like idiot in the last debate.

and both those incompetents will be taking an oath of office in January.

Nope.

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He may win. He has large groups in opposition of him. Teachers, minorities, people who've lost business because of HB2, LGBT, and allies for all those people. Luckily he has people with disdain for all of those people on some level.

He put himself in the position of being shunned. I'm sorry it's hurting his wife, but he didn't have to sign the bill.

I also call a bit of BS on his "we just have a different opinion" thing. He also signed a law geared to hamper the influence of a certain group's vote because they likely disagree with him.

(10-12-2016 05:48 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  He may win. He has large groups in opposition of him. Teachers, minorities, people who've lost business because of HB2, LGBT, and allies for all those people. Luckily he has people with disdain for all of those people on some level.

He put himself in the position of being shunned. I'm sorry it's hurting his wife, but he didn't have to sign the bill.

I also call a bit of BS on his "we just have a different opinion" thing. He also signed a law geared to hamper the influence of a certain group's vote because they likely disagree with him.

All those words typed and not once in there did I see the reason for the bill in the 1st place. Typical.

McCrory is a lightweight that ran as a moderate and revealed himself once elected as a puppet of Art Pope that is ignored by the GOP legislature that view him for what he is, insignificant. He is and has been out of his depth from day one.

(10-12-2016 08:22 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  McCrory is a lightweight that ran as a moderate and revealed himself once elected as a puppet of Art Pope that is ignored by the GOP legislature that view him for what he is, insignificant. He is and has been out of his depth from day one.

Lol

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