re: ACC moves Football Championship out of NC

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In an attempt at damage control as more businesses, conventions and sports events took their business out of North Carolina, McCrory signed an executive order reaffirming that businesses can still make their own decisions about their bathrooms and locker rooms. He passed it off as a change to the actual law, but The Washington Post's Fact Checkercalled that claim "misleading" and gave him three out of four Pinocchios for it.

But all of that pales in comparison to North Carolina Republicans' response to the latest fallout from the law. On Monday night, the NCAA announced it will relocate all seven of its championships from North Carolina for this academic year — including the biggest draw of all, the March Madness basketball tournament.

This time, it was the North Carolina GOP that missed the mark. In a statement, the party accused the NCAA of equating its opposition to the bathroom law to its opposition to allowing men and women to play together on the same team — a non sequitur if there ever was one. The party also compared itself to victims of Baylor football's sexual assault scandal — a tone deaf non sequitur if there ever was one.

Here's the full statement from North Carolina Republican Party spokesperson Kami Mueller:

This is so absurd it's almost comical. I genuinely look forward to the NCAA merging all men’s and women’s teams together as singular, unified, unisex teams. Under the NCAA's logic, colleges should make cheerleaders and football players share bathrooms, showers and hotel rooms. This decision is an assault to female athletes across the nation. If you are unwilling to have women’s bathrooms and locker rooms, how do you have a women's team? I wish the NCAA was this concerned about the women who were raped at Baylor. Perhaps the NCAA should stop with their political peacocking — and instead focus their energies on making sure our nation’s collegiate athletes are safe, both on and off the field.

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