This morning, Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson tried to convince Tapper that his

[Atticus]

signing of a bill prohibiting trans females to compete in girls sports---even when there were no known instances of that in the state---was justified because that sentiment had "broad public support".

Dude, in Arkansas, I suspect that slavery, the death penalty for homosexuality and mandatory assault rifle ownership have "broad public support"!

"Governor" should be a synonym for "leader", not "weathervane".

[Botany]

1. "They" have nothing so "they" have to invent issues in order to make their mouth breathing base ...

... "they" are really doing something. I bet you Arkansas is at the bottom of the nation in education,
literacy, health care, obesity, poverty, infrastructure, and so on.

Trans females competing in sports now there is a real problem.

[mopinko]

2. esp in high school.

when everyone's hormones are all over the map.

[Botany]

6. @ my gym we had a woman who was transitioning to be a man and one day she used the men's ...

... locker room and do you know what happened? Nothing.

BTW it made such a little impact on me that I didn't realize that she/he was using the
men's locker room until about 1/2 an hour later when I was working out and I realized
that a trans person was in the locker room with me.

Trans people using rest rooms/locker rooms/playing sports is the GOP's 2021 flag burning/
gay marriage/Joe Biden is a socialist meme.

[Mad_Machine76]

3. Republicans:

A solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

[Mad_Machine76]

4. I'm glad that Tapper confronted him on it

but the rightness or wrongness of a bill/law doesn't rise or fall on whether there are instances of something or not- nor on whether or not something has "broad support".

[keithbvadu2]

5. Transgender problems?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. That's good old Hutch!

[Mr. Ected]

8. The Constitution has broad public support, too

Broader than the hatred carried in the hearts and minds of your constituency, Gov. Hutchinson.

[summer_in_TX]

9. Asa Hutchinson actually vetoed that trans bill.

But the Arkansas legislature turned around and passed it over his veto the very next day. He was left no choice.

I was pleasantly surprised when he vetoed it.

[Karadeniz]

11. Perhaps he vetoed it knowing he would be overridden.

[Atticus]

12. He vetoed a bill restricting health care for trans teens. He signed the bill barring trans students

from participating in girls sports---and he defended it this morning when questioned about it by Jake.

[pwb]

10. Pukes have to create controversy.

Their whole Con is a lie. Like this Assa guy he doesn't even know why they did it. Mostly just because they could.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. Making headway in this kind of political climate must seem like the Labours of Hercules

added to the boulder of Sysiphus. Where do you start with people like that?

[Permanut]

14. The Arkansas Constitution must have a provision..

That anything with "broad public support" is legal. Haven't checked it out, just an assumption.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

15. Republicans, Always defending paper tigers

so real issues that affect real people get swept to the back room, where corporations and money dominate.