On this day seven years ago, the North Carolina legislature passed HB2, a sweeping discriminatory law that reversed LGBTQ+ rights, sparking economic disaster as major companies pulled out of North Carolina. In total, reports estimated that the law could have cost North Carolina more than $3.7 billion and 2,900 new jobs. A video released by the North Carolina Democratic Party this morning highlights how Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson’s legacy of hate and extremism threatens the future of our state once again. 

“Seven years after HB2, North Carolina’s top Republican is using his platform to target LGBTQ+ people,” said NCDP Chair Anderson Clayton. “North Carolina voters rejected this brand of hate after HB2 hurt our neighbors and lost us thousands of jobs – we don’t need politicians like Mark Robinson trying to take us back.”