Here are the three claims raised in today's DOJ complaint against NC: https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/north-carolina-governor-responds-to-the-justice-department?utm_term=.xrkD3o9R1k#.nqBXLZ4Bk9 …pic.twitter.com/zRrBojDvpQ
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Here are the three claims raised in today's DOJ complaint against NC: https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/north-carolina-governor-responds-to-the-justice-department?utm_term=.xrkD3o9R1k#.nqBXLZ4Bk9 …pic.twitter.com/zRrBojDvpQ
Attorney General Lynch says that #HB2 is "state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals."
Lynch notes that funding could be at issue moving forward, although the lawsuit is only a declaratory judgment action against #HB2.
Lynch connects Jim Crow laws, backlash to Brown v. Bd of Ed, laws against same-sex marriage, and #HB2.
Lynch: "This law provides no benefit to society, & only serves to harm" other Americans. "State-sanctioned discrimination never looks good."
Lynch, speaking "directly" to trans people: "We see you. We stand with you. And we will do everything we can to protect you forward."
Civil Rights Division Chief Vanita Gupta, adding to Lynch's remarks, says to #trans people: "You belong, just as you are."
Gupta on what #HB2 does: "That's sex discrimination, plain and simple. ... Transgender men are men. ... Transgender women are women."
Lynch on McCrory's comments that feds are bullying: "I think that the people who feel bullied are the transgender people in North Carolina."
Key comments on #trans lives and anti-trans laws today from AG @LorettaLynch:pic.twitter.com/8SvQ5PLo6r
@chrisgeidner What this must mean to the trans community: to be acknowledged, supported and fought for by the Federal gvmt!
@chrisgeidner @LOLGOP @LorettaLynch Impressive by AG LL.
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