Pat McCrory Tries To Plead His Case For HB2 on Fox News, Megyn Kelly Destroys His Argument

[KamaAina]

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/watch_pat_mccrory_tries_to_plead_his_case_for_hb2_on_fox_news_megyn_kelly_destroys_his_argument

Governor Pat McCrory may have assumed he was on friendly territory Thursday night but it became apparent quickly in was in for a tough interview. The North Carolina Republican has become the face of the highly-controversial and, many legal experts say, unconstitutional HB2, a wide-sweeping anti-LGBT law that bans transgender people from using public restrooms that conform to their gender identity.

After two minutes of explanation, Fo News host Megyn Kelly opens hard: "Governor, what was the fear that led to the enactment of this law?"...

Kelly wasn't going to let McCrory steer the interview his way, interrupting him to state that HB2 applies to public restrooms. "But why?," she asked again. "What was the concern? What was the evidence, specifically, that led you to believe this was a problem?"...

"I’ve been in women’s bathrooms my whole life," she quipped. "And we don’t have the urinal situation. We got like the stalls. We get to go in, we do our business, and like it’s not – we don’t see each other. So why are you concerned about young girls exposing themselves or seeing somebody else exposed, in a women’s bathroom?”

I'm starting to warm up to Megyn Kelly. First she takes down Trump, now McCrony!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. She has her good moments but none of them involve race

She's sort of consistently shitty on race. Although I will say it's not like I watch her show, this is what I gather from other people's posts about her

[TipTok]

8. It's not the most important thing...

... so don't let it trouble you too much.

Not everyone can be all things.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. It's not the most important thing to whom?

[TipTok]

11. Distinction between what is and what should be I suppose...

I feel sorry for someone who thinks that is the most important thing and trumps all else.

I know they are out there but I suspect they will fade away over time as society progresses.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. race exerts a powerful impact on POC. so maybe be less dismissive

about how its not important that megyn kelly is not great when talking about race.

[TipTok]

13. It's not dismissive...

It's more of a sadness that folks still see life that way and an optimistic hope that they eventually grow beyond it.

If anything it is an acknowledgement.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. folks dont see life that way, life is that way. nt

[TipTok]

15. What a narrow view...

You would be much better off with a more expensive way of interacting with the world.

You know the old saying 'if you've only got a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail?'

If all you have is a race driven framework of interaction then everything starts to look like.... Wait for it... Racism...

The world is more complex than you realize and I suspect you are missing out.

Good luck

[gratuitous]

2. Not to mention

Most public bathrooms have just one door in and out. The hypothetical predator haunting Republican brains would be awfully stupid to pick that venue to commit his special crime. My experience has been that rapists and molesters don't want to be caught; they want to keep offending.

[Gothmog]

3. When a GOP type loses Fox News, then they know that they are in trouble

[kwassa]

4. She is a tough interviewer.

She cuts through Trump's bullshit like a hot knife through butter. I rarely see her because I generally don't watch Fox, but I respect her ability.

[steve2470]

5. if Megyn Kelly was truly on our side, she would be a great asset

It's a shame she sold out. Maybe she really believes all that Fox News BS, who knows.

[Takket]

6. kinda of starting to wonder if the fog is lifting from Kelly

i think the vitriol she got from the core of the Fox audience for questioning trump might have made her open her eyes a bit.............

[jumptheshadow]

7. Wow, I hadn't thought about it...

...but it's so true: Women don't expose themselves the public restrooms. They use the stalls.

And how insecure must you be if you're a guy who would get the vapors because a male transexual used the men's room?

[TipTok]

10. Reminds me of...

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R