Donald Trump on Thursday morning came out against the new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina, pointing out the state has seen intense backlash from businesses.
“North Carolina did something [that] was very strong. And they’re paying a big price and there’s a lot of problems,” Trump said during an NBC town hall when asked about the new law. “One of the best answers I heard was from a commentator yesterday saying, leave it the way it is right now. There have been very few problems. Leave it the way it is.”
“North Carolina, what they are going through with all of the business that’s leaving and all of the the strife — and that’s on both sides. You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is,” he continued. “People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble, and the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife and the economic punishment that they are taking.”
When asked whether he would let Caitlyn Jenner use the bathroom of her choice at Trump Tower, Trump said he would.
The Republican presidential candidate then also said he had a problem with the push to create single-use bathrooms to accommodate transgender people.
“There’s a big move to create new bathrooms,” he said. “First of all, I think that would be discriminatory in a certain way. It would be unbelievably expensive for businesses and for the country. Leave it the way it is.”
