North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson reportedly made a series of rude and disturbing comments on the porn forum Nude Africa, where he called himself a “pervert” and a “black Nazi.”
Republicans in the key state are scrambling as the party reportedly considers ousting their gubernatorial nominee less than two months before Election Day.
The MAGA world is distancing itself from Robinson after Trump endorsed the candidate in his bid to defeat Josh Stein to fill the seat of outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
Robinson, who is still on the ballot in North Carolina, denies the reports, saying they are all “outright lies” or just “half-truths.”
CNN published a damning report On Thursday, that could spell the end for Robinson’s bid to take up residence in the North Carolina governor’s mansion.
Trump campaign officials are now urging Robinson to step down before it is too late to replace him with another Republican candidate. According to a report from the Carolina Journal.
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is running for governor of the key swing state
Anonymous sources say Robinson is no longer welcome at Trump’s events or those of his running mate, Sen. JD Vance.
He was scheduled to speak at Vance’s rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Wednesday, but his office announced he would no longer attend because he tested positive for COVID, the report said.
The Vance campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why Robinson was absent from Wednesday’s rally.
Robinson has attended Trump rallies before, speaking at one in Greensboro, North Carolina, on March 2 of this year.
In denying the reports, Robinson compared himself to conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is also black, and said he was a “victim of a high-tech lynching.”
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Richard Hudson wants to see Robinson come out with a more vehement denial and proof that he was not the one who made the posts.
“The allegations are deeply troubling,” Hudson said in a statement. “He says they are not true. I think he needs to assure the people of the state in more detail that they are not true.”
Robinson seemed almost flippant in his response to the latest blockbuster report, writing: “Well, boys, the media is at it again.”
“My opponent is back in action,” he continued. “You’ve all seen Josh Stein’s half-truths and outright lies in these ads over and over again and now a story comes out, a story leaked by him to CNN, let me assure you of the things you will see in that story.”
Shortly after the CNN allegations surfaced, Politico reported that Robinson’s email was found on Ashley Madison, a site for married people looking for an affair.
“You know my words, you know my character, and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before. Folks, in this race. Right now, our opponents are desperate to divert attention from the substantive issues and focus on what you care about, rather than the salacious trash of the tabloids. We cannot allow that to happen, folks,” he said.
He accused Democrats and the media of wanting to “focus on the salacious lies of the tabloids.”
“We will not allow them to do this. We will continue in this race,” said the vice-governor.
He also appeared on CNN on Thursday afternoon to reiterate his innocence.
“This is not who we are. These are not our words. And this is not anything that is characteristic of me,” Robinson said on air.
“I’m not going to go into the details of how someone fabricated these salacious tabloid lies.”
KFile’s latest investigation with CNN found that Robinson posted several disturbing comments on the pornographic website Nude Africa.
This included expressing support for the reinstatement of slavery and, without provocation, writing, “I’m a black Nazi!”
Posting on the forum, Robinson also revealed unfiltered thoughts on issues such as race, gender and abortion.
In October 2010, Robinson wrote: “Slavery isn’t bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would definitely buy some.”
Robinson is the Trump-supporting Republican running for governor in the key state of North Carolina. Pictured here, the lieutenant governor speaks at a Trump rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
And in March 2012, the now lieutenant governor of North Carolina wrote that he preferred former Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler to leadership in Washington during the administration of President Barack Obama.
“I’d rather have Hitler than whatever the fuck is in Washington right now!” he wrote.
Stein’s campaign released a statement saying the latter is further proof that “Mark Robinson is completely unfit to be governor.”
And the Democratic Governors Association’s deputy communications director, Izzi Levy, provided a comment to DailyMail.com saying the bombshell report shows the nominee is “unhinged, dangerous and completely unfit.”
“Now, as many Republicans warn of the damage Robinson would do as governor, it’s clear the stakes have never been higher and we must keep our foot on the gas to defeat him in November,” Levy added.
Many of Robinson’s comments on Nude Africa stand in contrast to her public stances on issues such as abortion and transgender rights.
Robinson has resisted calls to step down and denies the latest revelations after other allegations – including visiting a pornography store almost daily and running a shady daycare center with his wife – have muddied the waters of his bid to take over from outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
A report earlier this month by The Assembly revealed that Robinson was a regular visitor to an adult video store in the 1990s, something the campaign has also vehemently denied.
Louis Money, whose real name is Louis, said Robinson would go to a sex shop several times a week to watch videos. Money last saw Robinson in November 2022, when the lieutenant governor greeted him and stopped to pose for a photo, he said.
A total of six men who worked at or frequented Gents Video & News in Greensboro remember Robinson as a jovial presence at the store who came to watch videos about five nights a week after his shift at Papa Johns.
A former sex shop employee named Louis Money said Robinson would even bring free pizza and tell jokes in the style of ’80s comedian Andrew “Dice” Clay.
A spokesperson for Robinson flatly denied the allegations, telling WRAL: “It’s a resounding ‘no’ to all the ridiculous accusations made by the Assembly based on the word of a man with a long history of drug dealing and criminal charges who will do anything for free publicity and free pizza.”
Robinson is known to be a perpetuator of conspiracy theories and has made numerous anti-Semitic, homophobic and sexist comments before reports emerged about the posts on the pornographic forum on Thursday.
Still, the lieutenant governor received Trump’s endorsement. The former president called Robinson “Martin Luther King on steroids.”