Mark Robinson on Principles & Values

	Mark Robinson on Principles & Values

Old posts favoring slavery are "salacious tabloid trash"

Some North Carolina Republicans are bracing for the aftermath of news about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, their party's candidate for governor. And one Republican candidate for state Senate is publicly calling for Robinson to end his campaign and for another GOP candidate to replace him. But Robinson called the allegations "salacious tabloid trash."

CNN published a long, detailed story tying a series of graphic, offensive and racist comments to Robinson's online accounts, including a description of how they matched Robinson to the comments. Robinson's alleged online comments made about a decade ago, which he denied to CNN in an interview as well, include saying "I'm a Black Nazi!" and "Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few." He also described the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with racial slurs.

Source: News & Observer on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Sep 20, 2024

I didn't comment on porn sites & I'm not dropping out

Despite a recent history of anti-transgender rhetoric, Robinson said he enjoyed watching transgender pornography, a review of archived messages found. The comments, which Robinson denies making, predate his entry into politics and current stint as North Carolina's lieutenant governor. They were made under a username that CNN was able to identify as Robinson by matching a litany of biographical details and a shared email address between the two.

In an interview with CNN, Robinson repeatedly denied that he made the comments on Nude Africa. CNN first reached out to Robinson Tuesday morning with evidence connecting him to the comments on Nude Africa. It took his campaign two days to respond and issue a denial. During his interview with CNN, Robinson repeatedly said the issues that faced North Carolinians were more important than what he called "tabloid trash."

"We are not getting out of this race. There are people who are counting on us to win this race," Robinson said.

Source: CNN K-File on 2024 North , Sep 19, 2024

Right to worship is a fundamental freedom

A: The right to worship is one of the most fundamental freedoms guaranteed to us by the Bill of Rights. If I am elected governor, we will not repeat the draconian lockdowns of 2020. The government should not be able to tell the people they cannot gather to worship freely.
Q: Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs?
A: Strongly Disagree
Q: Should religious schools which accept state funds be allowed to only admit families and students who agree to adhere to their statement of faith?
A: Yes

Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Mar 5, 2024

Elected officials have put politics ahead of the people

Q: Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
A: I am a Christian--I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died on the cross to save us from our sins. I am a sinner and in need of God's forgiveness, which I ask through the grace of His Son Jesus. For too long, elected officials have put politics ahead of the people. I've had the honor of serving as North Carolina's Lieutenant Governor since January 2021. I'm a former factory worker who knows what it is like to struggle to make ends meet--not a career politician. North Carolinians have had enough of career politicians climbing the ladder from office to office. I know what our families and businesses are going through and I will work hard every day to focus on real solutions to the problems facing everyday North Carolinians. Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Mar 5, 2024

God won't to tolerate the decline of Western civilization

Robinson, giving a speech centered around patriotism at a Baptist church on the Sunday after the Fourth of July, brought up recent legislation about transgender athletes, saying, "why is this even a conversation in our society right now? I cannot believe that I'm living in a time when there are people who say they are educated, but they believe that gender is simply a concept of the mind. What is wrong with these people? The very foundations of humanity, of God Almighty, they're trying to tear them down."

In this month's speech [Robinson said] "A lot of these political folks that work with me, they get nervous when I come stand up here. You ought to be nervous about the fact that we live in a society where some folks say it's alright to give pornography to children. As far as I'm concerned, that's the decline of Western civilization. And I do not believe that if we continue to do it God's gonna tolerate it long," Robinson said.

Source: News & Observer on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Jul 24, 2023

Urged people to thank God for living "in a blessed country"

He criticized people who don't stand for the national anthem or Pledge of Allegiance. He doesn't name a person but said a man on the State Board of Education meeting is a "filthy hypocrite" for not standing up to say the pledge. Robinson asked the congregation to "stand up and be the men and women that God would have us to be," and to save the nation from "the brink." Robinson urged people to thank God for living "in a blessed country." Source: News & Observer on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Jul 24, 2023

Socialism, Communism are the enemies, not dead Nazis

In past remarks, he dismissed the Nazis as a historical footnote to the depredations of communist authoritarianism. "For the 4,880,560th time; CULTURAL MARXISM, SOCIALISM, and their father COMMUNISM are the enemies of this nation," he wrote in a Facebook post published in September 2017. "Please STOP wasting my time, your time, and the time of your fellow conservatives talking about, and making mention of, the NAZIS who have been DEAD since 1945." Source: Jewish Insider on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Jul 19, 2023

Every good thing in this nation came from Christians

There's a lot of people that like to say that this isn't a Christian nation. But, hey, take a look around you. Every good thing that's ever come up in this nation, every problem that we've ever needed solved--it's all been solved by people who believed in Jesus Christ. They always have been. And there's always going to be a regimen of people in this nation who call themselves Christians and believe in the tenets of Christianity. And so this is a Christian nation." Source: The Assembly on 2024 North Carolina Gubernatorial race , Jul 19, 2023

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