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riversedge

(70,073 posts)
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 08:33 PM Sep 2016

Trump goes to NC and is too chicken to speak of the 'bathroom bill"!!

here chicky chicky...

Trump puts a boiling battleground in play


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-north-carolina-228441

In pivotal North Carolina, two contentious local issues are overshadowing almost everything else.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

09/20/16 07:26 PM EDT
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at High Point University on Sept. 20 in High Point, N.C.


When Donald Trump took his campaign to High Point Tuesday, his remarks ranged broadly from trade to immigration to terrorism. In other words, none of the hot-button issues that are currently roiling the political landscape in the battleground state that’s looking increasingly essential to his hopes of winning.

Unlike nearly every other swing state, North Carolina’s presidential contest is framed this year by two local battles that are overshadowing almost everything else.

There is House Bill 2 — the so-called “bathroom bill” that’s energized young liberals and older conservatives in what’s viewed by many as a battle for the soul of the state. Then there is the furor over voting rights, which has provided Democrats with a major organizational and energy boost among African Americans.

“The intensity that you see on the national level is on steroids in North Carolina, because not only do you have this presidential race where they’re both here all the time, you also have a highly-charged governor’s race and Senate race with the issues of HB 2 and voting rights litigation all rolled up into one,” explained Bruce Thompson, a Raleigh attorney and a long-time, high-profile Clinton supporter in the state. “There cannot be another state that has that kind of intensity. It comes up in every conversation. It’s not just the insiders talking about it. It comes up on the sidelines of my daughter’s field hockey games."...................

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-trump-north-carolina-228441#ixzz4KqVVIzsZ
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Trump goes to NC and is too chicken to speak of the 'bathroom bill"!! (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2016 OP
It's a state issue not federal which may be why he said nothing yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #1
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. It's a state issue not federal which may be why he said nothing
Tue Sep 20, 2016, 08:39 PM
Sep 2016

I don't think trump discusses social issues much.

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