Lance Russell: “The Liberty Council, who had agreed to defend us, had Senate…”

“And I kind of told them, look, if I'm going to sponsor the bill, I want it to be down to where nobody can disagree with this except the Governor himself and President Obama. And unfortunately, The Liberty Council, who had agreed to defend us, had Senate Bill 115 pass. They essentially said, you're weakening the bill from a legal standpoint for defending the bill by taking the bathrooms out and we can no longer agree to defend the bill and we cannot agree.” (02:59–03:08)

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