“I heard him coming in on the plane, I was listening, and I said to the people in the plane, ‘Watch this, this is Martin Luther King on steroids.’ Okay?
“Now, I told that, I told that to Mark. I said, ‘I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two.’
“And he looked at me and I wasn’t sure, was he angry, because that’s a terrible thing to say? Or was he complimented? I have never figured it out.
“But I’m telling you, he’s more than — right? When I said that to you, you looked like, I don’t know if I like that comment.
“You should like it because you are outstanding and you’re going to be the next governor. So that’s going to be very cool.” – Trump, referring to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.
Trump says Mark Robinson, GOP candidate for North Carolina Governor, is “MLK Jr. on steroids”
Robinson has said he wants to make abortion completely illegal “for any reason,” mocked school shooting survivors, and said “so many freedoms were lost during the Civil Rights Movement” pic.twitter.com/7WhPeqXzyn
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 2, 2024
NC Gov Candidate Quoted Hitler, Doubted Holocaust https://t.co/vDgd1oRqlg pic.twitter.com/bn7ZyCqbSb
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) October 25, 2023
NC Gov Candidate Mocked School Shooting Survivors – https://t.co/VaWrApsGyw pic.twitter.com/DLzXVQxJmM
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 8, 2023
Mark Robinson is favored to win the GOP nomination for governor in a battleground state, even as some see serious liabilities for November. https://t.co/cipiIZHAdB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 2, 2024