Thursday, September 19, 2024

Republicans Bracing for Damaging Story on North Carolina Governor Candidate

Republicans in North Carolina were bracing Thursday for what some anticipated would be a damaging CNN story on Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina...

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... Even if Robinson were to withdraw from the governor's race Thursday, it is probably too late to remove his name from the ballot, because absentee ballots have already been printed, said Karen Brinson Bell, who leads the State Board of Elections.

An additional complication, she said, is that overseas and military ballots are scheduled to go out Friday, as required by federal law. It would take about two weeks and cost more than $1 million to reprint ballots, Bell said.

"As the chief election officer, I know where we are in this process," Bell said. "To remove a name from the ballot at this time would be an insurmountable hurdle." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 02:58 PM

"for the sake of Donald Trump's victory in North Carolina, I think Mark Robinson needs to drop out"

Given that MAGA is already so viciously infradig, I can't wait to hear what this new scandal could be.

How many dogs and cats did Mark Robinson eat?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-19 02:59 PM

Boaz is going to vote for Mark Robinson, twice.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-09-19 03:01 PM

Robinson has had "TRAIN WRECK" stenciled across his forehead for quite some time. He's gawd fearing, seems to like money a lot, takes naturally to the grift, and displays all manner of sex-related phobias and hangups. Plus he appears to be stark, raving mad. So if there's anything to this it could be a doozy.

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-09-19 03:06 PM

#1,

Our sate supreme court in NC is a wing of the republican party and even though the state BOE objected to removing RFK at the very last minute the court made them. Don't be surprised if they don't care what the BOE says.

#5 | Posted by qcp at 2024-09-19 03:09 PM

@#5 ... Don't be surprised if they don't care what the BOE says. ...

I do not disagree.

My view at this point is that the Trump campaign, and its surrogates, are planning to toss as much confusion and delay into the tallying of votes on Election Day that the outcome may be handed to the House for resolution.


#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 03:24 PM

Here's the CNN article

www.cnn.com

#7 | Posted by qcp at 2024-09-19 03:39 PM

#7
Thank you for that link. WOW.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-09-19 04:03 PM

"I am a black Nazi!"
- Mark Robinson

www.haaretz.com

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-09-19 04:10 PM

...Just damn...

So he's the Republican Presidential candidate in 2028?

#10 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-09-19 04:11 PM

"Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina,made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website's message board more than a decade ago, in which he referred to himself as a "black NAZI!" and expressed support for reinstating slavery, a CNN KFile investigation found."

So just a regular MAGAt. Other than the "Black" part, I mean.

#11 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-19 04:26 PM

""I like watching tranny on girl porn!" he reportedly wrote. "That's ---- hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in! And yeah I'm a perv' too!"" www.thedailybeast.com

He makes some good points...

#12 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-19 04:28 PM

"Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few,"

-Mark Robinson

www.rollingstone.com

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-09-19 04:36 PM

I suspect that most African Americans in NC would prefer Stepin Fetchit to this fool Robinson. For his puppet masters on the Right, this fool is as good as any other fool, so long as they can control him...

#14 | Posted by catdog at 2024-09-19 04:41 PM

What he's being accused of will simply further endear him to the MAGA cult.

#15 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2024-09-19 04:42 PM

I recant my #3 and apologize to Boaz.

He has stated he's not voting for Mark Robinson.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-09-19 04:47 PM

An email address belonging to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for married people seeking affairs.

An adviser to Robinson, granted anonymity to speak freely, confirmed to POLITICO that the email address in question belongs to Robinson.

www.politico.com

#17 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-19 05:19 PM

That guy's political career is toast, even in gerrymandered North Carolina. Wow.

#18 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-09-19 05:25 PM

Robinson was clearly bad news from the start. Just like you know who. And Gaetz and Kennedy (the Louisiana one), MTG, Boebert, and on and on.

Why is it that the most rude, hateful, obnoxious cretins always seem to have an (R) behind their name these days?

#19 | Posted by cbob at 2024-09-19 05:25 PM

The malodorous orange pedo compared Robinson to MLK.

www.mediaite.com

#20 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2024-09-19 05:26 PM

That man's political career is toast, even in gerrymandered North Carolina.

#21 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-09-19 05:26 PM

Huge endorsement for dotard.

x.com

#22 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-09-19 05:37 PM

You'd figure his career would have been over after the adamant pro-lifer admitted he paid for an abortion for his girlfriend (now-wife). But nope.

#23 | Posted by censored at 2024-09-19 05:37 PM

This guy deserves what he gets. He's a holocaust denier too.

#24 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-09-19 05:38 PM

Mark Robinson says all the allegations in the CNN story are false, he is the victim of a high-tech lynching like Clarence Thomas, and he is not dropping out.

x.com

#25 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-19 05:39 PM

Great news! He's going down like the Titanic.

#26 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-09-19 05:42 PM

You'd figure his career would have been over after the adamant pro-lifer admitted he paid for an abortion for his girlfriend (now-wife). But nope.

#23 | POSTED BY CENSORED

MAGA has no values. Their behavior is so much easier to understand when you know this.

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-19 05:51 PM

www.axios.com

... CNN said that it verified that Robinson made the newly unearthed comments under the username "minisoldr" through both his comments and profile, which offered details that aligned with his personal background, including his name, age, location and marriage details.

- - - The minisoldr name is also one Robinson used on other websites, such as YouTube, Amazon and Pinterest.

- - - Furthermore, Robinson publicly used uncommon phrases minisoldr did, including "gag a maggot" and "I don't give a frogs ass," per CNN.

- - - Robinson alleged a sophisticated campaign to discredit him, blaming his opponent, Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, who he said "leaked" the story. Robinson said he will remain in the race. ...


#28 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 06:11 PM

Should give the Harris campaign a nice boost in NC at just the right time.

He'll still get the votes of "Christians" who think it's "fake news" and/or love hateful comments and kinky porn.

#29 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 07:01 PM

Trump has praised him on the campaign trail, including recently at an rally last month in Asheboro, North Carolina.

"Good luck. Mark's got to win. He's got to win. Got to win. He's a good man," Trump added.

And in March, in a speech at the National Rifle Association conference, Trump called Robinson "Dr. Martin Luther King on steroids."

"That's how good you are. You are unbelievable as a speaker," Trump said of Robinson. "And he got up and he's doing fantastically well in North Carolina. And I think he's going to be the next governor of North Carolina."

www.nbcnews.com

#30 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 07:04 PM

Minisoldr is an interesting handle for a guy who acts like a big, tough alpha male. Seems like the kind of handle someone with a very specific and submissive kink might use.

#31 | Posted by cbob at 2024-09-19 07:07 PM

Other comments that Robinson reportedly made on the platform include calling Martin Luther King Jr. a "commie bastard" and "worse than a maggot," detailing his pornography preferences and recalling peeping on a women's locker room while in high school.

thehill.com

#32 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 07:08 PM

#32 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY AT 2024-09-19 07:08 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Checks out.

#33 | Posted by cbob at 2024-09-19 07:10 PM

Just out (when it rains it pours):

Email address belonging to Mark Robinson found on Ashley Madison

An adviser to the North Carolina Republican confirmed the email address belongs to him.

www.politico.com

#34 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 07:11 PM

@#34 ... An adviser to the North Carolina Republican confirmed the email address belongs to him. ...

Oh, that ain't good.

#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 07:21 PM

" Minisoldr is an interesting handle for a guy who acts like a big, tough alpha male. Seems like the kind of handle someone with a very specific and submissive kink might use."

I think he's named his Johnson.

#36 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-09-19 07:29 PM

Oh, that ain't good.

Every Democrat on the ballot in North Carolina from Harris on down should make the stunning lack of character and the full on arrogance and hypocrisy of Robinson the main differentiator between the two parties. And for Harris, she needs to combine Trump's criminality and misogyny with Robinson's perversity as the reason North Carolinians should reject all the other GOP candidates supporting the two of them.

You are the company you keep. Drill it in.

#37 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-09-19 07:35 PM

#37 | Posted by tonyroma

There are oodles of photos of them together as well as video where Trump, among other things, calls Robinson "2x better than Martin Luther King" and other such crazy talk.

#38 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 07:39 PM

There are oodles of photos of them together as well as video where Trump, among other things, calls Robinson "2x better than Martin Luther King" and other such crazy talk.

With Rev. Dr. Barber in-state, I can't wait to see the final push towards election day with him quoting scripture on the evil both Trump and Robinson exemplify.

As I've noted before, if Harris wins North Carolina, she can lose Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada yet still win the Electoral College. The GOP seems to obsess about Georgia and they're heading toward losing NC, leaving Trump no path to 271.

#39 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-09-19 07:44 PM

I think he's named his Johnson.

#36 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2024-09-19 07:29 PM | REPLY

Yup.

#40 | Posted by cbob at 2024-09-19 08:07 PM

LOL!!!

"Bracing" is not what they're doing.

#41 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-09-19 08:39 PM

Browning their britches, more like.

I don't know why... this guy is like Black Trump; he'll prolly get moved to VP on the ticket when Shady JD is found to have once been a rational person. Before Peter Theil bought him for the Republicans.

#42 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-19 08:43 PM

He's pro slavery against women voting and into transsexual p*** real life dead girl or a live boy kind of candidate.

#43 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-19 08:49 PM

"Bracing" is not what they're doing.

#41 | Posted by Angrydad

They'll find a way to add "em" to "bracing."

Republicans always find a way to excuse and embrace the worst behavior in their candidates. Behavior if done by a Democrat would lead to House hearings and all kinds of hypocritical -------- to justify their support for disgusting candidates. Ask Trump.

#44 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 09:01 PM

Robinson was already far behind in the polls before this story. Seems like this might be a hit job by GOP insiders to force him to drop out.

#45 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-09-19 11:14 PM

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www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
Baby, let your light shine on me
When I'm lost on the road
You know you could set me free
You could ease my load

Days get so dark
That I can't hardly see
I've been gone so long
It seems like home to me

Well baby, when I was young of age
I took you for my world
The oceans were your eyes
The pastures were your curves
...


#46 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 11:52 PM

He isn't dropping out. Good luck with that, NC Republican voters. You brought him to the dance ...

North Carolina GOP governor nominee vows to keep running after report on racial and sexual comments
apnews.com

#47 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-20 12:59 AM

@#47 ... He isn't dropping out. Good luck with that, ...

At this point, I have to note that Pres Biden was quite (extremely?) adamant that he would not be dropping out.

That is, until he did.

Pres Biden seemed to wait strategically until after the Republican Convention to announce he was dropping out.

Apparently, much to the dismay of the GOP who had put into place a VP candidate who has proved to be, well, at this point I'll be kind and just say, quite weak.


#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 01:15 AM

#47 Biden said he wasn't doing out. Candidates always say they aren't dropping out until donations stop coming in.
I hope he's still their candidate on election day because he hurts Trump's chances of winning the state but if I was a betting man I'd put my money on him dropping out.

#49 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-09-20 01:19 AM

#48 | Posted by LampLighter

The deadline for the NC Republican Party to run someone else expired last night.

He's on the ballot as the Republican candidate for NC Governor.

#50 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-20 01:58 AM

He called himself a "black nazi"...

Anyone else think that sounds like "attack sheep"?

#51 | Posted by RevDarko at 2024-09-20 10:50 AM

Rev!

#52 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-20 12:13 PM

Where?

#53 | Posted by RevDarko at 2024-09-20 12:46 PM

He called himself a "black nazi"...

#51 | Posted by RevDarko

Does anyone know the number of Europeans of African descent that Hitler exterminated? I'm sure that it's not zero.

#54 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-20 12:55 PM

NC governor candidate cries AI fabrication as defense for racist porn forum posts
arstechnica.com

... On Thursday, CNN broke news about inflammatory comments made by Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, on a pornography website's message board over a decade ago. After the allegations emerged, Mark Robinson played on what we call "deep doubt" and denied the comments were his words, claiming they were manufactured by AI. ...

#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-20 01:18 PM

The deadline for the NC Republican Party to run someone else expired last night.
He's on the ballot as the Republican candidate for NC Governor.

#50 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Good thing I'm not a betting man.

#56 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-09-20 01:19 PM

What did Trump refer to him as? "Martin Lucifer C**n" is what Robinson heard?

#57 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-09-20 01:42 PM

When it comes to voting in primaries Republican voters love choosing the worst possible options.

#58 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-09-20 02:11 PM

Republican voters love choosing the worst possible options.

#58 | Posted by BellRinger

Because that's what they admire.

#59 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-20 02:31 PM

= Where?

Behind you!

#60 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-20 02:42 PM

"See! I told you he was just like MLK. I called it!"

- Trump

#61 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-09-20 02:55 PM

"and denied the comments were his words, claiming they were manufactured by AI. ..."

Ten years ago?!?

Sure, pal.

Here's to 8:01 Eastern on Roevember 5th!

#62 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-09-20 03:20 PM

I haven't looked much into the details of this, and frankly I don't care to, but one wouldn't need AI to fake some screenshots.

#63 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-09-20 09:56 PM

J.D. Vance's new vote getting idea: "Haitians don't really eat your dogs and cats but Democrats do eat babies!"

#64 | Posted by danni at 2024-09-21 11:03 AM

"It's OK to make up lies to get the discussion started."

J.D. Vance

#65 | Posted by danni at 2024-09-21 11:04 AM

This is the kind of candidate MAGA loves, hence, he is staying in the race and Traitor Trump is still endorsing him. He was down by 8-9 points before this, my guess is he will tick up a point or two now but he of course will lose the race.

#66 | Posted by NOTGOINGBACK at 2024-09-21 12:02 PM

At least this guy did not shower with a young daughter and God knows what else (according to her own diary) and a laptop full of incriminating evidence. But as always the left wing media and maybe our own gubmint was happy to keep all the Biden stuff hidden and covered up.

#67 | Posted by Robson at 2024-09-21 12:49 PM

Kind of hard to DARVO the accusation of posting about tranny sex on a porn site.

What's Robinson going to say..."Nuh-uh...YOU post on tranny porn websites!"

#68 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-09-21 01:02 PM

"it is probably too late to remove his name from the ballot"

Don't overestimate the NCSC in the class department. They'll find a way if need be.

#69 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-09-21 01:14 PM

I absolutely love that Robison is using AI as an excuse for posts over ten years old. AI wasnt even around back then.

#70 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-09-21 02:19 PM

Robinson was disinvited from the daughter-boning orange pedo's klan rally in NC today. How embarrassing.

#71 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-09-21 02:32 PM

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