As RedState reported, the campaign of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson was rocked last Thursday after CNN published an article alleging that the Republican candidate posted controversial posts on a porn website between 2008 and 2012.
Among the alleged Comments In one of these cases, a person with the online name “minisoldr” called himself a “black Nazi.” The account holder also allegedly claimed that he was a “pervert” who supported the reinstatement of slavery, liked to watch porn featuring transgender women and women, and had stalked teenage girls.
In a video statement released ahead of the report’s release, Robinson said: said “The things you’re going to see in this story are not the words of Mark Robinson. You know my words, you know my character, and you know I’ve been completely transparent in this race and before.”
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In an update to this story, Robinson made a campaign stop in Wilkesboro, NC on Monday, where he was questioned by reporters about the allegations and News that several campaign staff members, including some in high-ranking positions, resigned over the weekend.
When asked whether he had “taken steps” to prove his claim that CNN had published falsehoods, Robinson responded:
“We absolutely are. We absolutely are. We’re in talks right now, everything is going through legal counsel, to hold CNN accountable for what they did to us. We’re going to go after them, OK? We’re going to go after them for what they did. But we’ve got five weeks left in this race, folks. Let’s face it: We’re not going to let CNN distract us from our mission.”
He also has emphasized He said the focus needed to be on what was happening right now, not on “offensive, false lies that are 15 or 20 years old.”
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Robinson: “We are holding CNN accountable for what they did to us. We are taking action against them…”
pic.twitter.com/k0NSWzT12a— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) 23 September 2024
Robinson had previously posted the following on Twitter/X, vowing that he would “leave no stone unturned” to “hold CNN accountable for spreading these lies”:
I am in the process of hiring aggressive legal counsel to investigate who did this and how. We will leave no stone unturned and utilize every legal means at our disposal to hold CNN accountable for spreading these lies.
I will not give in, the future of North Carolina depends on it. … pic.twitter.com/Lb9xuvF5Au
— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) 23 September 2024
Regarding the departures of campaign staff, Robinson said in the same interview that he was in the process of hiring novel staff and was confident that they would facilitate him win in November.
As we have previously documented, Robinson has enjoyed a meteoric rise in North Carolina politics since a speech on gun rights he gave to a city council in 2018 as a private citizen went viral. However, since becoming the Republican nominee in March, he has faced an uphill battle against his Democratic opponent, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, trailing him in most polls, including some which shows that he is behind by double digits.
Of course, North Carolina voters will ultimately decide Robinson’s political fate. But if history is any indicator, the lieutenant governor will not go down without a fight.
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