Appearing Thursday on Fox News, North
Carolina Governor Pat McCrory defended a state law that targets the
LGBT community.
Megyn Kelly, host of The Kelly File,
grilled McCrory about House Bill 2's implications for transgender
people in North Carolina.
“I've bee in women's bathrooms my
whole life, and we don't have the urinal situation. We've got, like,
the stalls,” Kelly said. “We get to go in and we do our
business. And we don't see each other. So, why are you concerned
about girls exposing themselves or seeing somebody else exposed in a
women's bathroom?”
McCrory, who appeared uncomfortable,
said that he could not believe he was on television discussing the
law and blamed the Left for making it an issue. House Bill 2 rolled
back an LGBT protections ordinance in the city of Charlotte, in
addition to prohibiting transgender people from using the bathroom of
their choice in government facilities, including schools.
“Typically, male molesters are
heterosexual,” Kelly pointed out. “And if they want to sneak
into a bathroom, they'll do it. But 90 percent of the cases,
molestation happens with someone you know. So, what is the fear with
the transgender situation in the bathrooms?”
McCrory said that the legislation was
based on a expectation of privacy, though he has previously said that
the law was needed to keep girls and women safe.
(Related: North
Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory “saddened” by Charlotte LGBT
protections; Vows repeal.)
“When their daughter or son goes into
a facility, they expect people of that gender – that biological sex
or gender – to be the only other ones in [there],” McCrory
said.
“Can you believe PayPal is …
scaling back their expansion, even though they do business in Saudi
Arabia, where you can get killed if you're gay?” Kelly asked,
referring to the company's opposition to House Bill 2. “Hello.”
“The selective hypocrisy is
outrageous by PayPal. It's inconsistent outrage. It's selective
outrage. And they might need to examine their own practices in other
states which have the exact same rules as North Carolina does,”
McCrory answered, ignoring the fact that North Carolina is the only
state with such a law.