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The North Carolina Legislature voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto against three bills that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, prevent transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams and limit classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity.

Cooper vetoed all three bills last month, writing in the veto message that “Republicans are serving up a triple threat of political culture wars.”

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (28 children)

God it’s so fucking frustrating that this shit is happening because Rep. Tricia Cotham (was D now R) flipped. And you’d think she’d be like a moderate semi-independent vote considering she ran as a dyed in the wool dem. No. Full on culture wars, full on conservative authoritarianism. I can’t imagine how angry the people who voted for her must be.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This should be considered fraud and she should be arrested.

This whole thing was fucking planned and everyone involved should go to prison: https://news.yahoo.com/turns-rep-tricia-cotham-north-170000213.html

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I dunno how anyone from the southeast US expects politics to be different at this point. Deception is kind of a prerequisite down there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Who said anything about expectations? Just because you don't care about injustice in the South doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow along with your cynicism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I never said I didn’t care.

I said, corruption and deception in politics is common in the GOP down south.

I said, I am surprised they didn’t see this coming.

You’re arguing with the wrong person.

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