The Raleigh News & Observer reports:
Some North Carolina Republicans are bracing for the aftermath of news expected to break Thursday about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, their party’s candidate for governor. And one Republican candidate for state Senate is publicly calling for Robinson to end his campaign and for another GOP candidate to replace him. But Robinson called the allegations “salacious tabloid trash” in a video posted on social media.
”Let me reassure you the things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson,” he said. “You know my words, you know my character and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before.” Business NC reported that Robinson had been expected to defend himself on CNN Thursday in anticipation of a damaging story that allegedly deals with Robinson’s activity in online messaging boards which included racist and antisemitic language.
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#BREAKING: Source familiar w/ forthcoming CNN story says revelations about Robinson include him saying things in online chats about liking transgender porn, peeping inside women’s locker rooms while he studied at NC A&T and wanting to own slaves. #ncpol https://t.co/tQsp3uj4vr
— Bryan Anderson (@BryanRAnderson) September 19, 2024
I wanted to take a minute to address the latest outrageous lies coming from my opponent’s dishonest campaign: #ncgov #ncpol pic.twitter.com/RtteVUiozr
— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) September 19, 2024