NRSC Slams Cooper on Bathroom Bill

0:00It's March 30th. This is U.S. News Today, driven by AI tracking America in real time. The National Republican Senatorial Committee just dropped a digital ad slamming former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper over his role in repealing the state's bathroom bill, House Bill 2. This comes as Cooper jumps into the race for the open U.S. Senate seat in 2026 after Senator Tom Tillis announced he won't seek re-election. The ad highlights Cooper's push nine years ago to scrap House Bill 2, which mandated folks use public bathrooms matching their birth certificate. Sex, it rolled out on Monday, right on the anniversary of that repeal, clips in the ad feature Cooper calling the law discriminatory and a stain on North Carolina's rep, saying he couldn't tolerate it another minute, and had to wipe it out. Republicans frame this as him forcing a radical gender agenda, especially letting men into women's spaces. In RSC spokesperson Nick Poulia, accused Cooper of delivering on promises to the far left

1:02for nearly 40 years, pushing a woke shift in the state. Looks like the bathroom debate and transgender issues will be frotten center in this tight Senate battle, with both sides digging in early.