Cooper on HB2: 'I think people are sick of it'
Gov. Roy Cooper says HB2 would lose if it was put up for a statewide vote. "It has cost us thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars," he told MSNBC Friday.
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"I think it would lose. I think people are sick of it," Cooper told Chuck Todd of NBC News during a Friday interview for the daily version of "Meet the Press."
"It has cost us thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars," Cooper said.
House Bill 2, passed nearly a year ago, limits which bathrooms transgender individuals can use when they are in publicly owned buildings, including public schools and universities. It also limits protections for LGBT individuals.
Republicans have accused Cooper of sabotaging repeal efforts, saying that he has undercut efforts to move forward with the latest compromise bill by pressuring state House Democrats to oppose it.
Any repeal effort, Cooper said, "needs to work toward eliminating discrimination, and it needs to work. We can't have House Bill 2.2."
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