Trump avoids talking about embattled Mark Robinson at N.C. rally

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Donald Trump made no mention of embattled North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson at a rally here Saturday, as Republicans privately worried that the pivotal state could be slipping away amid scrutiny of old comments on a porn site made by a user linked to Robinson.

During the former president’s speech, in which he repeated false claims that all jobs are going to undocumented immigrants and that Democrats “cheated” in the 2020 election, the former president stressed the importance of the Tar Heel State in his path to re-claiming the Oval Office. He touted his daughter-in-law’s ties to the state and said Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley would be “looking for a job” if they lost North Carolina..