Huckabee downplays comments on transgender people

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ANDREW DeMILLO

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Downplaying a joke he made earlier this year about transgender people, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday that he believes voters are more concerned about his thoughts on other issues such as the economy.

The former Arkansas governor, who returned to his home state for a fundraising swing, declined to elaborate on the comments he made during a speech in February to the National Religious Broadcasters Association in Nashville. During those remarks, Huckabee objected to local ordinances that he said would allow transgender people access to restrooms based on their gender identity.

"Now I wish someone had told me when I was in high school that I could have felt like a woman when it came time to take showers in PE," Huckabee said in the speech, which was first reported Tuesday by Buzzfeed. "I'm pretty sure I would have found my feminine side and said, 'Coach, I think I'd rather shower with the girls today.' You're laughing because it sounds so ridiculous, doesn't it?"

The February comments have drawn widespread attention after Caitlyn Jenner, the Olympian formerly known as Bruce Jenner, made her debut as a transgender woman on the cover of Vanity Fair. Huckabee, a former Fox News host, said the only people focused on the comments are the media.

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[Warpy]

1. Somebody should have told the ignorant putz

that Jenner is a staunch Republican.

Now he can kiss that vote goodbye.

[Politicalboi]

5. Are you kidding

If Jenner can't see the party hates her by now, she ain't never gonna see it. I'm sure they won't be inviting her to speak anytime soon for them.

[Warpy]

6. Illusory tax cuts mean more than personal cuts

but I doubt she'd waste a vote on Huckabible after that gaffe.

[pangaia]

10. That was no gaffe. He said exactly what he meant to say.

[SoapBox]

2. It's a big day of backpedaling.

Huckleberry and Crude Cruz...what is it with Pukes and Baggers...their fast mouths just spew.

[YOHABLO]

3. It's just very odd for an ordained minister to say such a thing anyway. He's not serious about

becoming president. He's there to sell the Huckabee brand. More speeches, more book deals, more frequent commentary on FOX. That's what they're all doing. Absolute scum.

[shenmue]

4. He and his kind don't care about LGBT people

Ever seen his smug grin? He thinks it's funny to be mean.

People like that are called sociopaths. And other things, too.

[hibbing]

7. conservatives and "jokes"

Always at the expense of someone else, pathetic.

Peace

[marble falls]

8. These nitwits trivialize everything they can't understand. It means they live trivial lives.

[riversedge]

9. Most folks are not as stupid and mean as you are Hucky!