Holy Moly. Did anybody watch Loretta Lynch's 3:30 presser?

[lamp_shade]

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Loretta Lynch destroys North Carolina for ‘state-sponsored discrimination’ against trans people. Here's a short clip...
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/loretta-lynch-destroys-north-carolina-for-state-sponsored-discrimination-against-trans-people/


Here's the full speech...
http://www.c-span.org/video/?409316-1/attorney-general-loretta-lynch-responds-north-carolina-lawsuit

[BlueMTexpat]

1. <<<>>>

Lynch said during a press conference the controversial “bathroom” law targeted transgender people who sought “to engage in the most private of functions in a place of safety and security, a right taken for granted by most of us.”

She also warned that the federal government could curtail federal funding for North Carolina if the state continued to enforce the law.

She noted that the Justice Department had sent a letter to North Carolina governor Pat McCrory, warning that the law violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. But “instead of replying, North Carolina and its governor chose to respond by suing, thus we are filing civil rights lawsuit against North Carolina,” Lynch said.

“What we must never do is turn on our neighbors, our family members, and our fellow Americans for something they cannot control and deny what makes them human. This is why none of us can stand by when a state enters the business of legislation identity and insists a person pretend to be something or someone they are not.”

YES!

[lamp_shade]

2. It was passionate, powerful and, because NC is her home state, it was personal.

[riversedge]

26. Very good to see this. Thanks for the OP.

[retrowire]

37. and yet the flaw in republican thinking that knocks down her great point is

That conservatives and Republicans mostly still believe that sexuality and identity is a choice.

They think trans people are perverted men that just disguise themselves to prey on women in bathrooms.

But if you were to ask them about trans men (born female but is male) oh well they don't even talk about that.

Rape culture has a part in their thinking as well. "Men can't help themselves so let's build the world around them!"

I'm so ashamed in my state.

[sheshe2]

3. Thank you Loretta Lynch.

[Lucky Luciano]

4. This might give McCrory the out he needs to kill the law. nt

[lamp_shade]

6. Somebody (Ari Melber?) on the teevee suggested the same.

[morningfog]

8. Whatever it takes.

[Jester Messiah]

15. Hard to see him backing down from this now.

It would be the end of his political career. Not that I foresee him having much of one left anyway. Maybe he'll ooze his way on back to Duke Power. He's certainly done well by them.

[AlbertCat]

27. This might give McCrory the out he needs to kill the law.

Uh.... don't count on it. They're utter imbeciles down here.

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/top_north_carolina_republicans_are_going_ballistic_over_justice_dept_announcement_hb2_is_illegal


Well, at least the lawyers will make some money.

[ReRe]

5. I did!!!!

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... and I kept hollering at the TV: "YOU GO, GIRL! YOU GO GIRL! YOU GO GIRL!"

I was so proud of her. Ball's in Gov Pat McCrory's court now.

[lamp_shade]

7. Same here. I had to get up off my chair and stand in front of the TV.

[ReRe]

10. Go Loretta!!!

... I don't have a little cheerleader like you, but her actions somewhat depict my excitement as Loretta was laying down the law.

[tblue37]

11. your last sentence is a great double entendre, considering the context! nt

[ReRe]

12. Go back and...

... check it out now... Is that any better?

[tblue37]

14. Usually the saying goes, "The ball is in X's COURT," not in his hand. But since the stupid law is

about GOP fools believing that *men* (as opposed to transgender women) are trying to get into women's restrooms for inappropriate ( I.e., sexual) reasons, saying the ball is in the governor's hand carries certain connotations.

[ReRe]

16. I don't know why I said it....

... the way I did "in his hand." You're right, I should have said "in his court." Sometimes my fingers get ahead of my thoughts.

[DrewFlorida]

9. Great job AG Ms. Lynch. All Americans deserve the full protection of our civil rights!

[firebrand80]

13. Should remind us what's at stake in November nt

[MisterFred]

30. No, it shouldn't.

That's one of the things that occasionally scares me about November. Could Trump actually put lipstick on the GOP civil rights pig? Probably not. But he's definitely been the most prominent GOP supporter of Transgender individuals, and the most prominent to condemn North Carolina's laws. See: invitation to use bathroom of choice on Trump properties.

I hate to say it, but Trump is actually on the right side here.

[Hoyt]

17. Heard NPR report on way home. Excellent, kick those racist/bigoted assholes who support this crud.

[matt819]

18. Sorry NC DUers

But I say cut off all federal aid starting now. No highway funding. No education funding. No DoD pork barrel spending. Freeze military funding at this year's level and plan to reduce. No federal emergency aid if needed. Nothing more. Zip. Starting now. Anything less and these bigots will declare victory.

And similar lawsuits need to be filed and similar actions taken in all the states that are attempting to refight the civil war.

Yeah, I know. Not possible and definitely over the top. But lawsuits that meander through the system and raging jabs in the press are pointless.

[Mira]

19. As a North Carolinian, reading your words, I'm reminded of Lee Marvin on the horse

in Cat Ballou. He's leaning against the barn, drunk out of his mind, and says:
"You ought to see it through my eyes".
I'm smiling.

I think you have an excellent point, or many of them. It would hurt. It would surely to God help us get rid of him and many of his horrible Republican cronies and advisors.
We are in deep trouble. I'm very proud of Loretta Lynch, Pres Obama is standing tall.

[Meldread]

20. I agree 100%.

The only thing bigots understand is pain. Make them feel it, make them suffer, make them regret it, and then it ends. As a bonus, it motivates all the non-bigots in the state to action against the bigots, helping push them out of elected office.

[Zorra]

22. +1 nt

[CRK7376]

25. Heard most

of her speech driving home from school. As a North Carolinian, it has been horrible to have this clown as our governor. He whines about a three day dead line to overturn his/our legislatures 12 hour legislation….dirty words about him/them come to mind….The AG was fantastic.! Her statement served my state a good wake up call. As parent of students needing federal aid for college I hope that my kids get funding for college this fall. I suspect Fed actions will take awhile working their way through the legal process before we have too much to worry about, but the threat is out there, and as pig-headed and stupid as our governor and legislators are….we will continue to suffer here in NC….

[eShirl]

32. No food stamps or medicaid?

People would die.

[matt819]

39. Hey, states rights and all that

Let the states decide. Republicans in some states are cutting school lunches. You can't have the states on the one hand saying we'll discriminate against anyone we want to, for any reason, and then have them take federal funding with the other.

(Yes, I already admitted to hyperbole. And, no I don't want people to die. I'm as bleeding heart as they come. But actions have consequences, and this level of bigotry has no place in a civil society.)

[eShirl]

40. They would like NOTHING MORE than to leave to poor to die.

Let's not help.

[zazen]

34. kill major ongoing research projects/labs/data/animals/clin trials?

I'd say cutting off pork to the 10 gerrymandered Republican districts would be the best way to start, and it's not hard to find.

I get where you're coming from but those of us here are protesting as much as we can. And our state boasts a really strong federally funded research enterprise, including at Duke and UNC Medical Centers (plus all of the tech/ag/solar/space research at NC State and other programs.)

In addition to killing more people (than our lovely GOP General Assembly already has by cutting benefits, refusing to expand Medicaid, now trying to privatize Medicaid, etc.) cutting federal funding would stop a lot of globally vital medical research in its tracks on which universities, medical centers, and people all over the world depend. All of the clin trials for cancer and other diseases at Duke and Carolina would just stop. Labs couldn't be maintained and critical models (including the poor lab animals) would have to be destroyed.

Faculty would be laid off. Classes would stop. Medical school training would stop. Medical services would stop. Research assistantships would end and students from around the world would have to leave for lack of funding. A generation of future physicians and researchers in training would face serious setbacks and might leave the field for good.

This just scratches the surface. Just cut the transportation pork handouts and business incentives to the Republican districts.

[retrowire]

38. yes please takr away our emergency aid to teach

Those fat cats a lesson.

Our citizens will risk death so they might feel bad.

Are you daft? That won't teach them a damn thing.

[redstatebluegirl]

41. Cut their federal grants as well.

People will be hollering bloody murder at Duke, NC and NCState.

[AngryAmish]

21. destroys North Carolina

[TexasTowelie]

23. I'd be amused if the federal government put locks on all of the public restrooms in North Carolina.

Equal treatment under the law.

[SnakeEyes]

24. I don't believe the gov't will win this one

We need to get the law amended to include gender and not just sex.

[obamanut2012]

36. There is zero chance the Gov WON'T win thsi win

HB2 is illegal.

[passiveporcupine]

28. Truely awesome speech!

Thank you Attorney General Lynch. You are a strong, intelligent, and dignified woman who stands tall for what she believes is right. You guide our country on the right path. We stand with you.

[SunSeeker]

29. She puts the Justice in Department of Justice.

This is the most important the role the feds play - protecting vulnerable minorities from state-sponsored bigotry. This is the DOJ at its best.

[aimless87]

31. wow

holy moly wow.

[mnhtnbb]

33. I watched the clip. She is a native of North Carolina. The real deal.

[Vinca]

35. That was one of the most impressive announcements I've ever seen.

Forceful as well as moving.

[Skittles]

42. she is fabulous

tells it like it is