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Topline Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson referred to himself as a “Black Nazi,” disparaged Martin Luther King Jr., used antisemitic and homophobic slurs and spoke highly of slavery on a pornographic website before his entrance into politics, according to a new CNN report —as Robinson denies making the comments. Key Facts Crucial Quote “The things you will see in that story are not the words of Mark Robinson.
You know my words, you know my character,” Robinson, who has a long history of troublesome rhetoric, said in the pre-rebuttal video. “The news media is at it again,” Robinson said in the video, quoting Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in claiming he is “the victim of a high-tech lynching.” Tangent Robinson has espoused highly inflammatory anti-LGBTQ, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-abortion views, disparaged Jewish people, spread conspiracy theories and repeatedly denied the Holocaust, according to multiple reports.
In a 2018 Facebook post , he wrote “this foolishness about Hitler disarming MILLIONS of Jews and then marching them off to concentration camps is a bunch of hogwash.” He said earlier this year during a campaign event in North Carolina transgender women should be arrested for using women’s restrooms, and in explaining his staunch anti-abortion stance in a 2021 interview with The East Carolinian he said that once a woman is pregnant “it’s not [her] Key Background Rumors about the CNN story swirled throughout the day Thursday prior to its publication. The Carolina Journal reported earlier in the day that the story would involve Robinson’s activity on adult websites in the 2000s, citing unnamed sources.
Robinson has reportedly resisted efforts from the Trump campaign to withdraw from the governor’s race, according to The Journal, and the campaign told Robinson he is not welcome at rallies for Trump or his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, anymore. Robinson canceled his planned appearance at a rally with Vance on Wednesday, citing a COVID diagnosis, The Journal reported.
Robinson, who worked in the furniture industry prior to his entrance into politics, was elected in 2020 as the state’s first Black lieutenant governor. Further Reading Robinson vows to continue campaign as N.C.
Republicans brace for fallout of CNN story (The Washington Post) Mark Robinson vows to stay in N.C. governor race following report he made inflammatory comments on porn site (NBC) ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum (CNN).
