Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump had a nice little chat about that whole transgender business, which didn’t take long to devolve into the same old, same old. “Eh, this bathroom thing isn’t necessary”, “this isn’t human rights”, and “shockingly expensive”. I’ve run right out of eyerolls, they need new lines.
Trump told the Fox News host that he supports leaving the issue of transgender rights up to the states. “You know Obama’s getting into a very tricky territory,” he said, referencing the guidance issued by the Obama administration. “The amazing thing is so many people are talking about this now and we have to protect everybody even if it’s one person… but this is such a tiny part of our population.”
O’Reilly asked Trump if he provided gender-neutral facilities in his properties. “No, we don’t have that,” replied Trump. “I hope not. Because frankly it would be unbelievably expensive nationwide. It would be hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Trump did not elaborate on how he arrived at this estimate, nor did he acknowlege that in many cases, gender-neutral bathrooms could be established simply by removing gender-specific signs from doors. Additionally, allowing transgender people access to the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity, as Trump previously advocated, costs nothing.
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Trump said he wasn’t sure about whether trans rights are “human rights,” but providing gender-neutral restrooms would be “an unbelievably expensive thing to do,” he told O’Reilly. Instead, the country should be “spending money on other things,” said Trump. “Frankly, the number of people we’re talking about is really a small number. Again protect them — but it’s a very very small number,” said Trump.
Full Story Here. Watch Trump discuss transgender rights, begining at 4:09.
https://youtu.be/IUq70p-PnV0
Well, there you have it -- peeing is expensive!
(Because obviously new bathrooms EVERYWHERE are called for, not just letting people use the ones already built…)
Oh yes, shockingly so! My gods, the expense of new signs, it’s, it’s, well it’s just too much!
And yet Trump supporters will see this as an example of how Trump is a Shrewd Businessman who is not going to waste money on frivolities. You know, little things like providing basic human rights.
Well, to be kind of fair, if they’re Trump signs, they’re probably gold-plated, diamond-studded, brand-marked signs. I could see those being expensive, especially if you need one for every single government-funded bathroom door in the country. There’s that, I suppose.
This, right next to
I feel like contradictions made within mere minutes of one another ought to be a red flag for any voter…
Siobhan:
Of course they should be, but bigots are going to grab onto Trump’s current stance of “it should be up to each state” and hang on with a death grip.
A good example of bathrooms that could be instantly made gender neutral are all those bathrooms that are a single toilet and sink in one room. Why do we need them to be labeled men and women?
Oh, so trans persons aren’t human? Eh? It’s despicable how many people fall for Trump-like logic. :(
No, branded TRUMP signs only look gold-ish, engraved, etc. An egomaniac’s attempt to appear, uh, something…
“Oh, so trans persons aren’t human? Eh? It’s despicable how many people fall for Trump-like logic. ”
More like how many people latch onto Trump-like logic to support their preexisting bigotry.