The Republican candidate for governor of the State of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, was thrown off his game on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 19 when CNN reported that Robinson, years ago, referred to himself as a “Black Nazi” and posted on a porn site that he favored a return to slavery and he despised Martin Luther King, Jr.
CNN reported a lot more things that day that were likely to make North Carolinians not vote for Robinson.
That put him at even longer odds than he had been facing against his Democratic opponent, NC Attorney General Josh Stein.
After the CNN report, many Republican leaders pulled their endorsements from Robinson, donors abruptly stopped funding his run, and many members of his campaign staff turned in their resignations.
The CNN report was a solid blow to Robinson – a man who became well known after delivering an impassioned speech defending gun owner rights at a Greensboro City Council meeting in 2018.
However, in the past week, Robinson has been striking back.
He’s filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN asking for $50 million in damages and he’s also filed suit against Louis Money – a former adult porn shop owner who claimed Robinson frequented porn video booths at his establishment nearly five times a week years ago.
Robinson has also been keeping a pedal-to-the-metal campaign schedule and has been attacking NC Governor Roy Cooper because of what Robinson says has been a pathetic response to the hurricane strike in the western part of the state.
Here’s an example of Robinson’s campaign schedule. On Thursday, October 17, to take one day, Lieutenant Governor Robinson was going strong from morning till night,
That day, he held a 9 a.m. meet and greet in Statesville in Iredell County and an 11 a.m. meet and greet in Charlotte. He then held a 1 p.m. event in Gaston County – and he followed that with a 3:30 p.m. campaign stop in Lincoln County.
That same evening, at 6 p.m. Robinson held a Town Hall meeting in High Point along with Randolph County Sheriff Greg Seabolt.
Robinson also took questions from the media between events that day.
But none of it seems to be closing the wide gap he needs to close in the next two weeks if he’s going to be the state’s next governor.
According to a Carolina Journal poll released this week, NC Attorney General Josh Stein was getting nearly 50 percent of likely North Carolina voters while Robinson only had the backing of 35.8 percent.
That’s a big change from earlier this year: A Carolina Journal poll conducted this spring had Robinson leading Stein by 5 percentage points.
A new Morning Consult poll of likely voters now has Robinson trailing Stein by a whopping 22 points.
Some say that “Any publicity is good publicity,” but the truth is that there really is such a thing as bad publicity. Between the report on CNN, and another report in an online news site, The Assembly, quoting Louis Money, and the many ads the Stein campaign has been running showing an angry Robinson denouncing women who have abortions as being baby killers because they couldn’t keep their skirts down – well, that’s bad publicity, and, ever since September 19, Robinson has been on the receiving end of it.
Still, none of that is keeping Robinson from attempting to strike back as well as come back in this race.
Robinson has called for Cooper to resign and Cooper has called for Robinson to resign.
“I don’t think he’s qualified,” Cooper said this week about Robinson, after being asked whether Robinson should step down.
Cooper has expressed his view many times that, should something happen to him, the state would be in dire straits because Robinson is next in line to be governor if he, Cooper, is unable to fulfill his duties.
Robinson has likewise attacked Cooper.
Robinson said this week, “My response to him is he should resign for the pitiful response that he showed for the people of western North Carolina.”
Meanwhile, Cooper has been accusing Robinson of spreading damaging misinformation about the ongoing rescue and support efforts in the western part of the state.
But don’t expect things to get any calmer in this race between now and Election Day.
When Robinson was asked this week by a reporter, “Is your rhetoric too harsh?”
Robinson responded, “Absolutely not!”
He added that he’d been accused of picking fights with people, but he said that’s not the case.
“If anything, it’s been people who pick fights with me,” he said.
Robinson is sad…nuff said.
Mark has done an excellent job in a RIGGED election. Despite Just about everyone failing to back him, Mark has stayed tough. The Stein/Democrat/Communist machine has slung lots of mud his way. CNN has repeatedly been sued and LOST. I’m hoping Mark turns this into a big pay day for himself.
You all that still support Robinson and all the various conspiracy theory and stolen election and fraud stuff are the ones living the lie. You drank the cool aide and are weak followers / cult members of a failed platform.
Rigged election? The early voting just started. I vote conservative but, come on! Usually you wait for the final count and analysis before you claim it is rigged!
Make you a bet he will end up paying CNN’s legal costs
It’s all so confusing. We have been told lies for so long. Who do you believe. Our government is crooked from the state level to the federal level. They don’t see the true American people, white, black, Asian, Hispanic working together to help everyone in western NC. They don’t see people coming together. They want us to fight against each other. It’s time for all of us to demand better. Throw all them out repubs’s an dem’s they all need to go.
He’s certainly not giving up!
Good luck to him. As a man from Greensboro who grew up working class and struggled to get ahead, I have more in common with him than a Jewish career attorney from Washington, DC.
You are both hypotrics and perverts? I am not a fan yours Austin, but I wouldn’t stoop so low as to compare you to a fool like Mark.
“Hypotrics”….?
Careful Chrissy, your ignorance is showing.
— And I’m no pervert. But you are certainly deranged and deluded.
Ok. I take it back. You are a lot like Mark. LMAO
Austin fear not, chris wears the moniker of hypocrite proudly.
Right on, Rebel!
The guy can’t even spell it. And he spouts forth here like he’s an erudite Einstein!
In order to be fair and balanced, (ha ha) it would be nice if puppet parrot press would do a deep dive into Josh Stein’s Internet history. With the type of individuals that Stein associates with, I have no doubt it is truly disgusting.
It’s too bad that so many people are dumb enough to fall for fake news from CNN.
Its too bad people have lost faith in their ability to discern quality reporting from low quality reporting. This story gave a very detailed breakdown of how they validated. Seems legit and very high quality reporting.
Every accusation from you leftists is a confession.
Every accusation from you right wingers is a confession.
Leftists can’t think for themselves either. Try being creative, comrade!
I didn’t know women were so dumb and stupid that they can’t stop themselves from getting pregnant?
Is that why we have to have abortion on demand? Less that 2% are done because the health of the mother, the rest are because the baby would be an inconvenience. Democrats insult women’s intelligence everyday they support abortion on demand! It’s sad.
Instead of focusing on abortion, how about promoting reliable birth control ? And if you know for sure that you don’t want any more kids, tubal ligation is a safe option. I had one over 40 years ago…
It’s too bad that so many people are dumb enough to fall for fake news from CNN. And it’s even worse that so many of those people call themselves Republicans.
I’m still voting for him because he is the only Christian in the race
Yes, don’t forget that at a recent rally some college students were saying, “Christ is King!” and “Jesus is Lord!” To that Kamala replied, “You guys are at the wrong rally.” That drew massive cheers from the crowd. That’s about all that needs to be said about her religious views. Maybe Robinson is guilty of everything he’s accused of. Even if so, as Christians, we are all flawed. You could call him a hypocrite, or maybe, like all of us, he is simply trying to be better. None of us are trapped by the decisions we have made in the past. Each day is an opportunity to be a better person. I think, worst case, that’s what we have here.
I’m still on the fence about the veracity of the reporting. Much like the “factual” FBI crime data just showed, facts can apparently change. Until a few weeks ago, violent crime was down under Joe Biden, and that was a “fact”. All of a sudden, violent crime was never down. It’s been up this whole time, the FBI just made a “mistake”. Right.
Reminds me of the old X-Files motto: “Trust no one.”
Vote for Mark Robinson! Joshua Stein is for abortion on demand. Abortion on demand is not a policy decision that Stein can impose as a fiat (order.) What abortion on demand does represent is the voter Stein is trying to reach; the urban female voter with priorities based on self. If abortion on demand is the primary concern of the urban female voter, then the urban female voter has their priorities distorted by hype. As a voter of either sex, why would abortion be a priority, and why would Joshua Stein make abortion on demand an important campaign issue? What about health care, what about help for caregivers, what about drugs such as fentanyl, what about crime. Stein served on the Truth Initiative Board, a nonprofit tobacco control organization “dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco”. Legal tobacco use is a top health priority of Stein, not fentanyl, not illegal immigration in NC, not putting an end to state income taxes all of which could be tied to health in one way or another. The list could go on. And considering Boards, one authority of the NC governor is to appoint members to boards. Think Skip Alston’s appointment to the NC Real Estate Board of Commissioners. Do we really want Stein to appoint his cronies to Boards? I think not. Joshua Stein is a justice warrior like his father, like Allison Riggs who is running for NC Supreme Court. Vote for Mark Robinson for governor and Jefferson Griffin for NC supreme court.
Amen! Scream it from the rooftops!
To the desperate Democrats who have run such disgusting campaign ads against Mark Robinson, (and also Trump and Michelle Morrow) I would reply:
“THOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR” !!!
Using Artificial intelligence, it’s possible to show anyone saying anything. Also, most of Kamala’s claims about Trump are lies which have already been debunked. Etc…….
Pretty sure the evidence is solid against Mark. Mark my words, he will drop the lawsuit right after the campaign as discovery gonna sink him.
You’re pretty sure about a lot of stupid things that aren’t true. The “evidence” is actually weak. A 3rd grader could have put easily it together with something like Photoshop or Paint. Proving in court that it’s fake will be hard, but more importantly it will take a lot of time. That’s why the liars at CNN didn’t publish it until just before the election. Your side is criminal. My side isn’t going away. Good luck with that, comrade.
You clearly don’t understand web technology since you believe it is easy to fake forum logs dating back years.
Besides Mark was tanking in the polls anyway from his own admitted hypocrisy over abortion rights with his “ok for me but not ok for you BS”. Toss in his hyperbolic style of speech that often had him quoted being very weird. None of this is a surprise if you were really paying attention to the ignorance of the man.
But you be you.
You clearly don’t understand how your dear leaders play you like a fool. Try thinking about how someone can prove that they didn’t author a post from years back. Anyone can easily put your name on a post… Let’s see you prove that it wasn’t you. Go ask multiple private companies for access to their private web servers and then search through exa-bits of data for something that may or may not be there. And by the way, you only have 3 weeks to do all that. You leftists are hilariously stupid! You think you’re experts on everything, but you really only “know” what your dear leaders want you to know, and the vast majority of that is pure propaganda. You lost this argument when you used the word “besides”. That’s you being you.
So, your big brain idea is that someone 10 years + ago knew Mark was going to run for Governor and spent weeks or months posting insanely perverted and hateful comments on a porn site chat forum. Are conservatives believing in time machines now? LMAO
I figured you weren’t tech savvy but time machines really aren’t a thing yet. Just FYI.
It also says “Thout shall not commit adultery “, “Thout shall not covet thy neighbors wife”.
Black Nazi Mark’s digital footprint tracks him to porn sites and an Adult Dating site for married men.
So you just go right on using the Bible like a weapon to justify his and other MAGA candidates lies, disgusting speech and behavior.
Black Nazi Mark refused an offer (from his own supporter) for a free Professional Forensics Analyst to investigate the CNN report. Hmmmm wonder why he didn’t want the real information made public to clear his name….?
“Sources familiar with the campaign told [WRAL]…” That’s hilariously pathetic! You still don’t get how fake news works. Or maybe you do, and you approve of the lies. That’s typical for indoctrinated leftists.
Is “Alex” your middle name, Chrissy?
Ha, ha, ha….!
Robinson for Governor
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Good Blue.
Mark Robinson gets my vote.
Mark Robinson already got my vote. Please vote early if possible, no wait line it’s a lot easier and faster.
Those who believe what CNN reports as news will take this at its face value. those who understand that CNN is an arm of the Democrat Party and calls all Republicans Nazis and Fascists and worse will ignore CNN as little more than a wannabe news station who hasn`t reported the actual news in years. Remember, they and MSNBC cried at Obama`s election.
Mark Robinson suspended his campaign to carry out the full duties of his office as Lt. Gov. in helping the victims of the mountains. The video of his time there by a group called MOMS speaks volumes. His record both as a Lt. Gov. and before also speaks highly of him, and his hometown of Greensboro knows him well. He would be a far better governor than Josh Stein, who is the liar of the state with every time he opens his mouth. Be it the rape cols cases he didn`t solve, the Fentanyl which has doubled in this state while he has been AG, the Illegals housed in NC which has quadrupled, or the police other than Durham, charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Wilmington who don`t support him because of the above and he has believed in defunding the police and bail-less crime ( all of which can be found in his record and NC stats. His only stop in the mountains has been less for help and more of a look-at-me, I`m-showing-I-care-while-getting-a-photo-op moment.
I have voted and chose Robinson for governor.
For all of those praising Robinson and stating the porn site postings are all “fake”: Maybe you are correct, but you have no evidence to back it up. I wish it was all fake and proven to be so. I’ve been a consistent conservative voter since Reagan. But, in the primary, I voted for Folwell. Compared to Robinson, he had far more experience, qualifications and accomplishments to be governor: for 12 years was a state representative and rose in leadership. Elected to state treasurer and is finishing up eight years. He has been effective and successful all these years and was ready to be governor. But, Mark Robinson has a 2nd amendment tirade go viral and gets elected to Lt Governor, where he has largely not bothered to show up for work. He caught lightening in a bottle and parlayed it into becoming Lt Governor. And now we see his lack of experience and discipline revealed he is out of his league. I don’t care if someone is on a porn site or even visits a porn shop. But, the evidence reported by CNN (reportedly discovered by Stein’s campaign ops) has not be faked. Even without this, Robinson was already falling in the polls due to his own speech. And, his wife’s business funded by federal grants to provide daycare nutrition: both Robinson and a daughter were on the payroll and they had multiple audit shortcomings. You may think conspiracy, but I’ve have conducted similar audits where you often find lack of receipts, sloppy records to the point, you can’t substantiate all the spending. Folwell has been tight-lipped through all of this except he did comment (my paraphrase): “Anyone who deals with Robinson seems to come out on the short end.” I won’t vote for Stein, but can’t vote for Robinson.
So very well said. Most here choose willful blindness to the points you are making but well done summarizing it so plainly.