Former RNC Chair Michael Steel: Michael Steele on Mark Robinson’s Most Recent Scandal: “This was the line? This was the line? Republicans, this is the line you’re drawing now? [..] Republicans, this is who you nominated!”
Following the bombshell report that Mark Robinson referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” wanted to reinstitute modern slavery, and admitted to “peeping” on women in their locker rooms, Republicans are now stuck with a candidate who had no business running for governor, let alone dogcatcher. With the deadline passed to replace Robinson on the ballot, we’re still wondering: Why didn’t the GOP call on him to drop out due to any of the numerous reports over the past two years of the horrific things Robinson has said and done?
See the timeline of reports of all the reasons Trump and the GOP should have dropped Mark Robinson, months, if not years ago (and we’re sure we’re missing a few):
5/9/23: GOP frontrunner for NC governor mocked school shooting survivors and once justified shooting protesters
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the current Republican favorite to be the party’s nominee for governor in 2024, has a long history of remarks viciously mocking and attacking teenage survivors of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, for their advocacy for gun control measures.
7/5/23: North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Calls for Lifting Taboo on Quoting Hitler
“And here’s the thing,” Robinson says. “Whether you’re talking about Adolf Hitler; whether you’re talking about Chairman Mao; whether you’re talking about Stalin; whether you’re talking about Pol Pot; whether you’re talking about Castro in Cuba; or whether you’re talking about a dozen other despots all around the globe; it is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes.”
12/13/23: Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor Spread Islamophobia On Facebook For Years
Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, spent years mocking and attacking Muslims on social media, a review of his posts on Facebook reveals. […] In November 2016, he called it “sad” that religious freedom applies to Muslims and that it means they are “free to do as they please.”
1/15/24: MLK Was An Inferior Pastor And ‘Communist,’ Said Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor
Martin Luther King Jr. was just an “ersatz pastor” and a “communist,” and the 1960s civil rights movement was “crap,” according to a series of Facebook posts by Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate to be North Carolina’s next governor. Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, regularly criticized King and the civil rights movement for years on Facebook ― specifically on MLK Day ― HuffPost found amid a review of his posts. The Black politician also downplayed slavery, rejected the idea that he’s part of the African American community, and attacked the late congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis.
1/17/24: GOP front-runner for North Carolina governor supported banning abortions without exceptions. Now he avoids using the ‘a-word’
But in comments reviewed by CNN’s KFile dating back to 2018, Robinson regularly labeled abortion as “murder” and “genocide,” comparing the anti-abortion movement to the abolitionist movement to end slavery. He also baselessly speculated that the founders of Planned Parenthood were satanists who practiced witchcraft. Robinson characterized women who undergo abortions, even if they are just “24 hours pregnant,” as murderers.
3/6/24: ‘I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote’
But just four years ago, Robinson invoked a bizarre hypothetical in which he said he’d “absolutely” like to return to the days when the 19th Amendment didn’t exist ― when women didn’t have the right to vote. “I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn’t vote,” Robinson said in a newly resurfaced video of his remarks at a March 2020 event hosted by the Republican Women of Pitt County.
4/11/24: Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years
And while Robinson has previously talked about his financial issues, bankruptcy records obtained by ABC News paint a more dire and detailed picture of his financial and business history than has previously been disclosed — including new details regarding how the potential future governor had failed to file his federal income taxes for five consecutive years starting in 1998. […]Yet despite relying on protection from the bankruptcy courts during his early days of financial troubles, Robinson’s political rise has coincided with his railing against the social safety net while calling on citizens to take responsibility for their financial situation.
7/5/24: MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”
“Some folks need killing!” Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, shouted during a roughly half-hour-long speech in Lake Church in the tiny town of White Lake, in the southeast corner of the state. “It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!”
7/12/24: Robinson defends scrutinized church backing his campaign
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor, is hitting back at critics of a secretive church in rural North Carolina whose leaders have been accused of a litany of crimes over the years — and who have also given Robinson’s political campaign tens of thousands of dollars. Word of Faith Fellowship in Rutherford County has faced investigations for child abuse, slavery and beatings during prayer sessions. News reports show that some of its ministers have been convicted of crimes including molestation and a financial fraud scheme across multiple businesses owned and staffed by church members. Critics call it a cult — including some of the dozens of former members interviewed by the Associated Press for an investigative series in 2017.
7/26/24: North Carolina regulators say nonprofit run by lieutenant governor’s wife owes the state $132K
North Carolina state regulators now declare a nonprofit run by the wife of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson must repay over $132,000 for what they call disallowed expenses while carrying out a federally funded child care meal program.
8/15/24: GOP Governor Candidate Blamed School Shootings On Lack Of Christianity In Schools
In a speech three years ago, North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson blamed school shootings on the lack of Christian prayer in schools, saying that shootings would not happen “if you had told those students Jesus Christ is the way and the light and only through him can you receive salvation.” […] He continued: “You know, it seems quite easy to me, sir, if you had had that prayer vigil before that shooting, if you had let God come in that building before that shooting, if you had told those students Jesus Christ is the way and the light and only through him can you receive salvation, [there] wouldn’t have been no school shooting. It’s too late now. Your little half-hearted attempts at soothing Jesus Christ, it’s not going to work. You done kicked God out of your schools.”
9/3/24: Could Mark Robinson hurt Trump’s chances in North Carolina?
“Trump is being weighed down by a very unpopular Republican candidate for governor,” Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s former chief of staff, told News Nation on Aug. 17.
Published: Sep 20, 2024 | Last Modified: Oct 2, 2024