AP — A spokesman for Roy Cooper’s gubernatorial campaign says the attorney general remains steadfast in his refusal to defend the state law requiring transgender students to use restrooms matching the sex on their birth certificates.
Campaign spokesman Ford Porter reiterated Cooper’s position Thursday after Gov. Pat McCrory issued a statement saying the attorney general told a federal court Friday that he did intend to represent the state.
Porter said in an email that the federal filing seeks an extension for the state to respond. It wasn’t clear why Cooper would file for the extension and not the attorneys representing the state’s defense of the law known as HB2. It also wasn’t clear why the campaign responded and not Cooper’s office.
Roy Cooper’s office released the following statement:
