Kasich ‘probably’ would not have signed N.C. bathroom law

Source: Washington Post

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) told CBS's "Face the Nation" that he "probably" would not have signed a North Carolina bill dictating which public restrooms transgender individuals may use if he were that state's chief executive.

Kasich, a distant-third-place contender for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, described the legislation as unnecessary and counterproductive but didn't exactly say that he opposes the measure either.

“I wouldn't have signed that law from everything I know. I haven't studied it,” the GOP presidential candidate told "Face the Nation" viewers. “You just got to see what the laws are and what the proposals are and why you need to write a law. Why do we have to write a law every time we turn around in this country? Can't we figure out just how to get along a little bit better and respect one another? I mean, that's where I think we ought to be. Everybody, chill out.”

The North Carolina measure, signed into law last month by Gov. Pat McCrory (R), bars transgender individuals from using public restrooms that correspond to their gender identity and instead requires that these individuals use restrooms assigned to the sex into which they were born.

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