Mark Robinson, the rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ former lieutenant governor of North Carolina, blasted Republicans for abandoning him during his gubernatorial campaign after a major scandal broke.
Robinson slammed his fellow Republicans for “cowardice” when they began to avoid him after a 2024 bombshell CNN report linking him to racist, pro-Nazi, and homophobic comments he made on the explicit adult website NudeAfrica between 2008 and 2012.
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He said it was “despicable” that they abandoned him as soon as trouble hit, failing to acknowledge that the “trouble” involved allegations that he had declared himself a “Black Nazi,” expressed support for slavery and Adolf Hitler, used racist language to mock civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., admitted to spying on women in showers, declared his love of transgender porn (despite making heinous comments about trans people throughout his campaign), and shared details of possibly-fantasy threesomes with his sister-in-law.
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Immediately following the report’s publication, previously supportive Republicans began distancing themselves from Robinson’s campaign, including then-presidential candidate Donald Trump who once called him “Martin Luther King on steroids.” Most of the top staff in Robinson’s campaign and the lieutenant governor’s office resigned shortly after the report’s publication.
Robinson immediately denied the report, saying, “Look, I’m not going to get into the minutia about how somebody manufactured these salacious tabloid lies, but I can tell you this: There’s been over one million dollars spent on me through AI by a billionaire’s son who’s bound and determined to destroy me.”
Previous to CNN’s report Robinson had gained infamy by stating that he considers LGBTQ+ people to be “filthy” “demons” who “mentally rape” children. Among his many anti-LGBTQ+ statements, he called homosexuality “an abominable sin,” compared LGBTQ+ people to cow dung, and Satanic demons, and said trans people should defecate on public street corners outside rather than using bathrooms matching their gender identity
He has also made numerous racist and antisemitic comments. He also wrote on social media, later adding, “Note to liberals; I’ll accept ‘Gay Pride’ when you accept ‘White Pride.’” He has also made comments denying the Holocaust and said that abortions are only for women who cannot keep their skirts on.
Robinson lost his race for governor in the November 2024 election.
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