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 thats looking increasingly essential to his hopes of winning.
Unlike nearly every other swing state, North Carolinas 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 thats energized young liberals and older conservatives in whats 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 theyre both here all the time, you also have a highly-charged governors 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. Its not just the insiders talking about it. It comes up on the sidelines of my daughters field hockey games."...................
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