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Twitter Reacts To NC GOP’s Insane Response To NCAA Pulling Championship Games
In case you missed it, the North Carolina Republicans doubled down on their long-term stay in crazy town with a statement about the NCAA moving championship games out of the state due to HB2 that should both get spokesperson Kami Mueller fired, and go down in the history books as a perfect example of how to dig a hole even deeper.
Mueller, taking the initiative to speak in the first person, says she looks forward to the NCAA merging men’s and women’s teams together.
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It only gets nuttier from there, asking how you can have men’s and women’s teams if you don’t have men’s and women’s locker rooms, despite the fact that no one is arguing for doing away with gendered bathrooms.
She also conveniently ignores the fact that the NCAA has progressive policies for transgender athletes in place, allowing trans men to participate in men’s sports and allowing trans women to participate in women’s provided they have been undergoing hormone replacement therapy for at least one year.
They do not require athletes to change the gender on their birth certificates in order to be considered legitimate, unlike in North Carolina as it relates to trans people using the bathrooms and locker rooms in government owned buildings.
Mueller then attempts to paint the NCAA as not concerned about the Baylor rape scandal, even though independent investigators placed the blame solely on the Christian university.
The statement has been given a thorough line by line analysis by Slate, as well as Charlotte Magazine. Both are well worth reading.
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Slate calls it “deranged,” and Charlotte Magazine says it is a “statement for the ages,” but not in a good way.
Twitter has chimed in as well, and they are giving the NCGOP and Mueller, who just so happens to have a history of making jokes comparing trans people to animals, an earful.
Here are some of the best Tweets on the topic:
If the @NCGOP is so concerned about campus sexual assault, why did they kill my bill (HB815) on the issue last year? t.co/CH7woRXksl
— Rep. Graig Meyer (@GraigMeyer) September 13, 2016
bye-bye NCCA tourney hoops games, and bye-bye NBA All-Star game. GOP is doing wonders for NC t.co/kbGQwH3mQz
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 13, 2016
.@NCGOP has declared war on @NCAA basketball… Seems like a winning NC political strategy. #hb2 #ncpol
— Chris Sgro (@cristoferosgro) September 13, 2016
Reading @kamimueller‘s #HB2 statement like pic.twitter.com/em5TQlYRtL
— Clay Pittman (@claypittman) September 13, 2016
I’m going to go out on a limb here & say that @kamimueller doesn’t seem to understand North Carolina’s bathroom law. t.co/qoiE8SnwlT
— Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) September 13, 2016
GOP: How dare you call us deplorable!?
WORLD: Ok, maybe that was a bit hars—
NCGOP: [vomits transphobia, misogyny, awfulness in statement]
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 13, 2016
Love me some #deplorables! @MicheleNixNCGOP @BillPeriman @TeamTrumpNC @blove65 @mitchellvii @JoeDanMedia @NCGOP pic.twitter.com/jhwIg5OH2U
— Deplorable Diana (@fancygap1) September 13, 2016
The last month for the @ncgop:
1. Surgical precision discrimination
2. Instruct local BOEs to suppress voting
3. HB2/Baylor rape comparison— Doc Kennedy (@DocHeelfire) September 13, 2016
and apparently for writing incredibly sexist, offensive @NCGOP releases, too, @kamimueller t.co/9l4JYINlFD pic.twitter.com/y2enJEPjQs
— Laura Keeley (@laurakeeley) September 13, 2016
.@kamimueller Making North Carolina look drunk with every flick of the pen. #HB2 Seriously, go read her NCAA press statement– @TheOnion
— Nick Bankhead (@Nick314) September 14, 2016
Newly minted @NCGOP spox @kamimueller (used to b spox 4 various hate groups) has had way too much wine. #Hb2 #NCpol pic.twitter.com/9bl1Y7mLJi
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) September 13, 2016
While Drafting @ncgop response to the @PatMcCroryNC statement on the #ncaa, @kamimueller searches for inspiration pic.twitter.com/ry0tLcdN5H
— Michelle Ferlauto (@MsFerlauto) September 14, 2016
Worst part is @kamimueller & @NCGOP think this way even when sober. They live in a very bizarre world. #ncpol #HB2 pic.twitter.com/sLTrIvBSuT
— #ReadyForRoy (@ReadyForRoy) September 13, 2016
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