Robinson: I Won’t Be Forced Out By “Salacious Trash”

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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