Former line leaders Ben & Abby are back here again on Red State Reboot! And we have some voicemail inboxes to yap about: U.S. Senator for NC Thom Tillis’... AND OURS!!! Text or call our NEW Red State Reboot hotline at 336-422-6267. But, on a more somber note: in this episode we discuss two things that have disappointed us from our North Carolina legislators in the last couple weeks… 1) the introduction of NC Senate Bill 516 (aka an HB2 “bathroom bill” reboot that uses the guise of ‘protecting women’ to disintegrate the rights of trans people in our state) and 2) Sen. Thom Tillis making a compilation video of threats he’s received in his voicemail. Let’s be clear: we STRONGLY oppose threats towards public officials or political violence of any kind. We do however feel Sen. Tillis has missed a PR opportunity by not *instead* sharing the calls he surely receives from his constituents about their policy concerns, and made these calls into a compilation with how he has addressed and rectified them. I guess to sum it up, we issue the following PSA to public officials: hire more Gen Z folks throughout all your teams to gain more perspective in all areas! Or listen to this podcast!
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SOURCES:
Goldman, Maya. 2025. “HHS Redefines Sex as ‘Immutable’ in New Guidance.” Axios, February 20. https://www.axios.com/2025/02/20/hhs-redefines-sex-as-immutable
“Governor Stein Announces 2025-2027 Budget Proposal to Keep North Carolina Strong.” 2025. NC Governor. March 19. https://governor.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2025/03/19/governor-stein-announces-2025-2027-budget-proposal-keep-north-carolina-strong
Sherman, Lucille. 2025. “NC Republicans Revive ‘Bathroom Bill’ Themes in New Legislation.” Axios, March 25. https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2025/03/25/north-carolina-republicans-transgender-rights-bathroom-bill
Wolf, Brandon. “Background on Trump Day One Executive Orders Impacting the LGBTQ+….” 2025. HRC. January 22. https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/background-on-trump-day-one-executive-orders-impacting-the-lgbtq-community
