Donald Trump plans on addressing the disastrous scandal engulfing North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson “in passing,” as he campaigns in the Tar Heel state this weekend. The New York Times reports that, while the Trump campaign is still hoping Robinson will withdraw from the race, aides believe Trump “will deliver a version of a comment he has made about countless supporters or former aides: that he hardly knows the guy.”
Fairly the stretch for Trump, who informed a rally in North Carolina again in March that Robinson was “Martin Luther King on steroids,” and “better than Martin Luther King,” and “Martin Luther King times two.”
The explosive report detailing Robinson’s morally hypocritical, bigoted, and unsavory feedback on a porn discussion board between 2008-2012 got here out on Thursday. It was dangerous, and that’s saying one thing about somebody who has publicly lamented girls getting the precise to vote and calling the LGBTQ+ neighborhood “filth.” It included Robinson figuring out himself as a “Black Nazi,” in addition to disparaging and offensive statements in regards to the late civil rights chief who Trump so glowingly in contrast him to.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign launched an advert highlighting Trump’s “passing” relationship with Robinson.
The Harris’ marketing campaign social media account added extra reminders for folks of what relationships of acquaintance appear to imply to Trump.
Trump isn’t alone, after all. The MAGA Republican world is crammed with officers who’ve abruptly developed amnesia round their relationship to Robinson. North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx is one such absent-minded politician. Punchbowl Information reviews Foxx is claiming she “hasn’t really followed him closely.” That’s peculiar—she’s been in the identical state doing marketing campaign occasions with the person since 2020.
Robinson’s good cocktail of unabashed misogyny and bigotry helped propel him into right-wing political celeb standing. And meaning there are such a lot of extra Republicans who will now should reply for the glowing issues they’ve mentioned in regards to the self-proclaimed “perv.”
There’s GOP Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson, who lauded Robinson’s testimony on election integrity as “so compelling.”
There’s loser Gov. Ron DeSantis (and seemingly all the Gaston Nation, North Carolina Republican Social gathering).
Democratic candidate for North Carolina Lawyer Basic Rep. Jeff Jackson puzzled what his Republican opponent Rep. Dan Bishop would say about his varied glowing remarks when it got here to Robinson. Jackson launched a video displaying Bishop falling over himself to reward Robinson.
North Carolina State Rep. Erin Paré actually thought Robinson was the bees knees.
In fact, there are at all times the guy nightmare officers corresponding to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who appears to have made a profession of sidling as much as all types of dreck.
At present, Robinson is refusing to drop out of the race. Except that adjustments, it appears his actual come to Jesus second will arrive on the poll field.
