Override vote looms after North Carolina governor vetoes three transgender-related bills -
Tami Fitzgerald, North Carolina Values executive director, said that “Governor Cooper has sided with the small, but loud radical left.”
The Independent Women’s Voice, which advocates for single-sex sports, chided the governor for his veto of House Bill 574. Kendra Johnson, executive director of Equality NC, implored the legislature to “do the right thing and recognize that this entire package of bills is dangerous, cruel, and deeply unpopular.”
State legislators are scheduled to return to work Thursday after taking a break for the long Fourth of July weekend.
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