Via press release from US Rep. Richard Hudson:

“This is political theatre by the NCAA and ACC. If these multi-million dollar, tax exempt organizations were interested in social change and not making a political statement, they would proceed with their marquee events in North Carolina and enact any transgender bathroom policy they wanted. This blatant political move – less than two months before the election – brings into question their tax exempt status. This is an avenue we intend to explore.”

Hudson is a former staffer for viciously anti-LGBT US House Rep. Virginia Foxx, who infamously called the murder of Matthew Shepard a “hoax.”



For his part, Gov. Pat McCrory has issued an uncharacteristically restrained reaction to the latest cancellation: