Tag Archives: Mark Robinson

Dem Josh Stein Defeats Dooky Chute For NC Governor

Reuters reports: Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor’s race on Tuesday, Fox News projected, defeating Republican Mark Robinson, whose candidacy imploded following a CNN report that he had called himself a “Black Nazi” and made other offensive remarks on a pornographic website. Robinson, the Southern state’s lieutenant governor, has denied the allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit against …

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Dooky Chute Attacks GOP “Cowards” For Ditching Him

The Huffingon Post reports: “We have so-called elected officials, people that I call politicians, that are afraid to stand up and fight for what’s right,” Robinson said to a room of supporters. “As soon as they get a little trouble, they tuck tail and run. They’ll send you a message on the phone and say, “Uh, uh, uh, I’m, I’m …

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Dooky Chute Sued Over $114,000 Unpaid Polling Bill

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: A polling company sued Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday over a $114,000 bill it claims was never paid. The company, Vox Insights LLC, claims that the campaign “without excuse or justification” failed to pay for polling data it provided last month within a 30-day deadline set out in its contract. …

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NC GOP Leaders: We’re Still Behind Dooky Chute

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: In the governor’s race newsletter two weeks ago, I wrote that I had asked both House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger if they maintained their endorsement of Robinson in the wake of the CNN report fallout. Moore said he maintains his endorsement and noted that Robinson denied the allegations and sued …

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Dooky Chute: “Deadbeat” Parents Should Be Sterilized

The Guardian reports: Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate, suggested that people who can’t take care of their children should be sterilized, according to one of a series of incendiary and racist social media posts from 2014 through 2019. The commentary made in reference to Black families, which used terms a white supremacist would find appropriate, predates his …

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Dooky Chute At QAnon Event: The Media Are Nazis

Media Matters reports: North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson spoke on the Trump-backed “ReAwaken America” tour, where he compared fighting the news media to battling Nazis at Normandy Beach. His speech was well-received by Trump ally and ReAwaken America co-organizer Mike Flynn, who asked the audience to donate to Robinson’s campaign. Robinson’s rhetoric echoes that of former President Donald …

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Dooky Chute Draws Crowd Of 10 For Campaign Event

The Charlotte Observer reports: Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Thursday said he doesn’t think sexually explicit and racist comments attributed to him in a CNN report last month will hurt his chances at being elected governor. Recent polls show Attorney General Josh Stein polling between 10-20 points ahead of Robinson. Robinson spoke to the Observer at a meet and …

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Porn Clerk Seeks Dismissal Of Dooky Chute’s Lawsuit

High Point’s Fox affiliate reports: The man who is being sued alongside CNN by North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson for what Robinson alleges are defamatory claims has filed a motion to dismiss the claim. The complaint claims that the defendants — CNN and Louis Love Money, who spoke to The Assembly in September — intentionally shared defamatory statements about …

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Lt Gov Dooky Chute Files Lawsuit Against CNN [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, sued CNN on Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board, calling the reporting reckless and defamatory. CNN “chose to publish despite knowing or recklessly disregarding that Lt. Gov. Robinson’s data — including his name, date of …

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Lt Gov Dooky Chute Attacks “Spineless Toad” Tillis

“I don’t need some lily-livered, jelly-backed, spineless toad like Thom Tillis wanting to cross his legs. I called him ‘spineless. And here’s why I called him spineless: cause he’s more concerned about standing up against Mark Robinson and other Republicans like me than he is to standing with us to fight these Democrats who are trying to destroy this nation.” …

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Lt Gov Dooky Chute: I’ll Be Suing CNN Next Week

Washington, NC’s NBC affiliate reports: Lt. Governor Mark Robinson continues to campaign across eastern Carolina for the Governor’s race, stopping Sunday in Craven and Onslow counties. He talked with WITN for an exclusive interview on the issues, and the recent CNN report saying he wrote numerous lewd and racist posts on a pornographic website some ten years ago. Robinson said …

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Super PAC Hits Lt Gov Dooky Chute With AI Ad [VIDEO]

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: An advertisement featuring artificially generated video and audio of the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor could be a sign of what’s to come in political attacks. The ad begins with a disclaimer that artificial intelligence was used, but the statements are parodies of comments made by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. An AI-generated Robinson, …

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Robinson Misses Second Vote On Hurricane Relief

Raleigh’s CBS affiliate reports: For the second time in two weeks, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson missed a vote to concur with a Hurricane Helene-related request from Gov. Roy Cooper. Records show Robinson was again the only member of the Council of State who did not vote on concurring with the executive order, which Cooper issued Saturday. “When Hurricane Helene was …

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DOOKY CHUTE: Mark Robinson Craters In New Poll

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Support among Republicans for their party’s candidate for governor, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, has dropped by 20 percentage points, according to a new poll released Monday by East Carolina University. Among all voters polled, Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein now has a 17-point lead over Robinson. The ECU Center for Survey Research poll shows …

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Robinson Treated For Second-Degree Burns To Hand

NewsNation reports: North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns on a hand Friday night after suffering the injury at a campaign event in Mt. Airy. His campaign tells NewsNation that Robinson was discharged and will return to the campaign trail Saturday. Robinson was burned when he put his hand on a truck at the event, according …

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Newsmax Host To Robinson: Sue CNN Into The Ground

Media Matters reports: Embattled North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson appeared on Trump ally Sebastian Gorka’s program, where he received glowing praise and support from the former White House adviser. Robinson told the MAGA host that while he’s giving “space” to the former president, “We’ve spoken to him, had great conversations with him.” The Trump campaign has repeatedly cited Gorka, …

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Robinson’s Wife: Dems Are Lying About My Husband

Newsweek reports: Robinson’s wife, Yolanda Hill Robinson, has been steadfast in her defense of her husband, publishing a video on Friday in which she says Mark Robinson is a “wonderful husband, father, and grandfather.” She adds: “He is known sometimes to raise his voice and raise a ruckus but it is all because of the passion he has to protect …

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Notorious Anti-Gay NC Pastor Defends Mark Robinson

The Christian Post reports: North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr. says he stands by Mark Robinson after a CNN report alleged that he called himself a “black NAZI” and praised slavery while posting on a pornographic website between 2008 and 2012. “Whether this stuff that they’ve unearthed is him or not, …. he said those are not the words of …

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Half Of Mark Robinson’s State Employees Resign Days After His Humiliated Campaign Staffers Hit The Exits

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Days after a scandal upended Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor, most of his campaign staff resigned. Now much of his staff in the lieutenant governor’s office have resigned, too. Robinson is the Republican candidate in the North Carolina governor’s race against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein. Brian LiVecchi, who has served as …

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Robinson Once Called For Police To Shoot Al Sharpton

The Bulwark reports: Back in his pre-political days, Mark Robinson wasn’t spending all his online time trawling the forums of porn sites. He spent some time reading and commenting on small political sites too—where the opinions he shared, The Bulwark has learned, were no less unhinged. “If the cops wanted to shoot an elderly black man they should have shot …

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