“My strength is concepts and strategy and theory and also facts.”

Former NC Governor and Sore Loser Pat McCrory is roiling the airwaves. A paid commentator on Charlotte's WBT-AM station, McCrory- who has all but announced his fourth straight run for the state house (score so far: 1 win, 2 losses), he claimed history's vindication for his signature achievement:

With House Bill 2 back in the headlines, former N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory made a bold statement about the law's compromise replacement during his daily radio appearance recently: "House Bill 2 was really never repealed," he told WBT radio in Charlotte.

The issue resurfaced last week when Gov. Roy Cooper, the Democrat who unseated Republican McCrory, announced a proposed settlement in a lawsuit challenging the law that replaced HB2 in March. The settlement would allow transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity while in state government facilities controlled by Cooper's Cabinet agencies, such as state parks and highway rest stops.

McCrory told WBT he agrees with legislative leaders who oppose the deal. "He brings up bathrooms again without even defining what transgender is, and is making things extremely confusing," McCrory said. "He seems to like controversial social issues. But when a liberal does it, the media gives him a free pass. When a conservative does it, it's a bad thing to do."

The former governor, who signed HB2 and faced immediate backlash from corporations, advocacy groups and sports organizations, is also making the case that the HB2 compromise legislation signed by Cooper didn't really change anything. He noted that the new law keeps a ban on local government nondiscrimination ordinances in place until 2020.

"All of the restrictions that were in place last October are in place this October," he told WBT. "Nothing's changed, but it is one of the best-kept secrets in the media and in politics. Everyone's pretending the problem's solved and we're going to move on.

“It was a fake issue in many ways all along, and this is one issue where it's fake news that a bill was signed and very little changed except for the public perception."

This is nothing new for McCrory, who has a limited store of thoughts and is known for recycling them endlessly (Google McCrory and "thought police").

Last March 31, he said the same thing. On WBT Radio:

Former Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina’s compromise over the controversial “bathroom law” House Bill 2 was not a full repeal, and he counts that as a loss for the left and gay rights advocates with the Human Rights Campaign. 

Those comments were made during one of two radio interviews McCrory has given since the state voted to repeal HB2, including an appearance on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, a national radio show that airs on more than 240 stations across the country. 

In that interview, McCrory is quoted as saying the compromise passed by the state’s General Assembly was a defeat for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBTQ rights. 

“The good news is this: the HRC lost the battle,” McCrory is quoted as saying. “With their resources and power and money, and their trying to get some other corporations to help support them in the battle...(The) fact of the matter is, they did not get a full repeal of HB2.”