Texas Lt. Gov.: Transgender Bathrooms Will Be ‘The End of Public Education’

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick responded in a Friday press conference to the White House letter threatening legal action against public schools that don’t allow students to use the bathroom of their choice, saying his state would not be “blackmailed” into complying.

Patrick said that he wasn’t advocating one position on what sort of accommodations schools should make for transgender children. “It’s up to each school,” he said.

“Kids have issues when they come to school,” he said. “And schools have a tough job accommodating them, but they do. But this is now taking one child with an issue and saying everyone else, for whatever reason… it’s going to undermine public school.”

“I said Tuesday, this will be the end of public education, if this prevails,” Patrick said. “People will pull their kids out, homeschooling will explode, private schools will increase, school choice will pass.”

Watch above, via Fox News.

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