OF COURSE: North Carolina Republican Senator comes out AGAINST the new HB2 ‘bathroom law’

Well so much for North Carolina’s Senators standing with the state as it comes under all manner of attack over the new bathroom law. Richard Burr just came out against it, calling the law a ‘blunder’ and saying it is too expansive or something:

HUFFPO – Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that Republican lawmakers in his state went too far when they passed a sweeping anti-LGBT law this year, and said they need to rein it in before a judge does it for them.

“Yeah, I’ve got issues,” Burr told The Huffington Post when asked if he has problems with his state’s new law, also known as HB 2.

“The legislature botched what they were trying to do,” he said. “It was far too expansive.”

On Tuesday, though, he was clear that he wasn’t happy with it. He also predicted that the law is going to be changed one way or another, so the question now is which branch of government does it.

“It will be decided one of two ways: through the courts, where everybody’s chosen to place it now, or the General Assembly and the Charlotte City Council getting together and solving what was blundered on both sides,” Burr said.

A spokesman for North Carolina’s other Republican senator, Thom Tillis, did not respond to a request for comment on how he feels about HB 2.

It was bad enough that Thom Tillis is on the sidelines in this big fight. But now for Burr to come out against the law? I just can’t UGH and SMH enough today.


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