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Senator turns North Carolina governor into Crying Jordan after NBA pulls All-Star Game
TFW your governor is awful.
The state of North Carolina is none too happy that the NBA decided to pull the 2017 All-Star Game. Citing anti-LGBT legislation, the game has moved from Charlotte to a presumably more inclusive location that has yet to be announced.
An email leaked to the Charlotte Observer shows the ire some North Carolinians are feeling by way of Hornets minority owner Felix Sabates. The correspondence shows Sabates going off in support of HB2, known colloquially as the transgender bathroom law. Regarding trans people having to take a piss, Sabates reportedly had this to say:
this is plain wrong, this could cause irreparable damages to a children’s that don’t understand why they have to see what God did not mean for them to witness, we have some very confused business as well as political humans that frankly have made this a political issue rather then moral issues, SHAME ON THEM.
Not everyone in the Tar Heel State has such discriminatory opinions, however. Meet Sen. Jeff Jackson. He’s had enough of this shit.
He failed our state. He failed our city. #AllStarGame #clt #ncpol #NBA pic.twitter.com/YEXEjl2eSp
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) July 21, 2016
As Jackson effectively illustrates via Crying Jordan, it’s not trans people that cost the state of North Carolina the lucrative NBA event, it’s transphobia. Jackson wasn’t done providing brilliant imagery to the American public after that fire tweet roasting Gov. Pat McCrory.
A dump truck loaded with $100m was rolling toward Charlotte. Gov. McCrory flagged it down, tossed a match in the back, and let it burn. #HB2
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) July 21, 2016
Here’s a breakdown of the money the #AllStarGame would have brought to Charlotte. Up in smoke.#ncpol #ncga #clt #HB2 pic.twitter.com/EZpjI2ySeF
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) July 21, 2016
NBA left door open to 2019. Let’s make sure we have a new governor for that one. #HB2 #ncpol #clt
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) July 21, 2016
Burn. Here’s hoping the powers that be wise up before another all-star opportunity goes up in flames.

April Siese
A former Weekend Editor at the Daily Dot, April Siese's reporting covers everything from technology and politics to web culture and humor. Her work has been published by Bustle, Uproxx, Death and Taxes, Rolling Stone, the Daily Beast, Thrillist, Atlas Obscura, and others. Siese joined Quartz in December 2016.