HUFFPOST HILL - Wait How Did Donald Trump And Prince Even Exist At The Same Time

Washington lawmakers earned cool points by eulogizing Prince and then promptly got back to the work of denouncing transgendered bathrooms. Bill Clinton blamed millennials for the tea party, which is exactly the sort of statement that will get the Bernie Sanders campaign to wind down and happily endorse Hillary. And, much to our surprise, the first “Jack Mehoff” of the campaign appeared in the Baltimore Sun and not a veep shortlist leaked by the Trump campaign. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, April 21st, 2016:

GOP PRIMARY CONFRONTS NORTH CAROLINA 'BATHROOM BILL' - Katie Zezima: "A debate over a North Carolina law that rolled back protections for gay and transgender people roiled the Republican presidential race Thursday, with front-runner Donald Trump criticizing the measure as bad for business and Ted Cruz defending it as something that will protect young girls…'You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble,' Trump said on NBC’s 'Today' show Thursday. 'And the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife and the economic. … I mean, the economic punishment they’re taking.' Trump's comments were met with fierce opposition from Cruz, who defended the law last week. 'Donald Trump is no different from politically correct leftist elites. Today, he joined them in calling for grown men to be allowed to use little girls’ public restrooms. As the dad of young daughters, I dread what this will mean for our daughters — and for our sisters and our wives. It is a reckless policy that will endanger our loved ones,' Cruz said in a statement Thursday." [WaPo]

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