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The New York Times reports:
After CNN published its report, Mr. Trump’s first reaction was that he wanted nothing to do with the scandal and didn’t see why he should get involved, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
His impulse was to ignore the controversy and power through. People close to the former president are holding out hope that Mr. Robinson will still decide to quit the race, despite his early defiant statement of his intention to continue his run for governor.
But with Mr. Trump preparing to visit North Carolina for a rally on Saturday, he’s expected to talk about the controversy in passing, either on his Truth Social platform or once he’s in the state. People close to him anticipate that he will deliver a version of a comment he has made about countless supporters or former aides: that he hardly knows the guy.
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Trump: Mark Robinson is Martin Luther King on steroids. He is better than Martin Luther King pic.twitter.com/GFPWV0zhXx
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 19, 2024
Unearthed video of Donald Trump Jr. praising Mark Robinson: I like Mark. … We need that right now. … Good guy, funny guy, not afraid to say what he is thinking, which I think we need more of. pic.twitter.com/xvfKopqGic
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 19, 2024
The most recent time Mark Robinson was on stage with Donald Trump was on August 21 in Asheboro, North Carolina.
He shouted him out in the beginning of this video.
00:20 – Trump asked him to come on stage
00:46 – They shook hands
01:02 – Trump jokes about Robinson’s weight pic.twitter.com/pg96hHg5in— Franklin (@franklinisbored) September 19, 2024