Subject: DNC Chair Statement on 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:15:45 +0000

For Immediate Release
April 19, 2016

Contact: DNC Press - 202-863-8148

DNC Chair Statement on 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling
In response to news that the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned<http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/court-overturns-virginia-schools-transgender-bathroom-rule-38513822> a discriminatory policy barring transgender students from using the correct bathroom, DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz issued the following statement:

"This court victory affirms that there is no commonsense reason to bar transgender students from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity and that doing so is discriminatory and harmful. This ruling sets precedent in five states, including North Carolina, where Republican legislators and the Republican governor have embraced the exact type of discrimination that the court today has overruled. Republican legislators who continue to push anti-LGBT measures and the Republican presidential candidates who fan the flames of discrimination with ignorant rhetoric have been exposed by this ruling for what they're truly peddling. Just this week, one of the Republican presidential candidates told victims of discrimination to 'get over it.' Well, it's time for the Republican Party to get over their anti-LGBT bias and join the rest of the country in embracing the full equality of every American."

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