N.C. Governor Race Jolted by CNN Report That Mark Robinson Called Himself a 'Black Nazi' - The New York Times
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Via: jbb • 3 weeks ago • 2 commentsBy: Shane Goldmacher Maggie Haberman Jonathan Swan and Nicholas Nehamas (nytimes)
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Mr. Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, vowed to stay in the race and sought to deny the report, which also said he had defended slavery in online posts years ago.
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina spoke at the Republican National Convention in July.Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
By Shane GoldmacherMaggie HabermanJonathan Swan and Nicholas Nehamas
- Sept. 19, 2024Updated 9:35 p.m. ET
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor of the battleground state with a long history of inflammatory and offensive remarks, on Thursday vowed to stay in the race as CNN reported that he had once called himself a "black NAZI!" and defended slavery on a pornographic forum.
In an 82-second video released before the CNN article had published, Mr. Robinson sought to undercut the report, which unearthed old comments that he had reportedly made on "Nude Africa," a pornographic site with a message board.
Mr. Robinson, a social conservative who has been a strident opponent of transgender rights, also posted about how he enjoyed watching transgender pornography, according to CNN, describing himself as a "perv" who liked "tranny on girl porn."
In his Thursday video, Mr. Robinson said: "Let me reassure you. The things that you will see in that story — those are not the words of Mark Robinson." Later on Thursday, the North Carolina Republican Party defended Mr. Robinson. In a social media post, the party said, "Mark Robinson has categorically denied the allegations made by CNN but that won't stop the Left from trying to demonize him via personal attacks."
CNN said it had chosen to publish only some of Mr. Robinson's messages, many of which were sexually explicit and graphic in nature. He made the comments between 2008 and 2012, according to the report.
To verify that Mr. Robinson was the poster behind the comments, CNN identified the username "minisoldr" as one Mr. Robinson used frequently online. In addition to matching biographical details, the report said, Mr. Robinson had listed his full name on the Nude Africa site along with an email address that he had used on various websites "for decades."
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He is a real nut job, He makes JD Vance look sane!
(I'm surprised the NC Republicans let him run-- he's going to hurt the entire N.C. Republican ticket).