Mark Robinson, a current gubernatorial candidate for North Carolina, has been known for his outspoken and often polarizing views. However, some of his alleged past actions and comments have recently been brought to light and many are now calling for his immediate withdrawal from the race.
An investigative report by CNN’s KFile revealed that Robinson, who is African American, had made several disturbing remarks on an online forum years before he entered politics. The comments on the forum, which has since been taken down, include his expressions of admiration for Nazi ideology and pro-slavery sentiments.
In one post, Robinson allegedly called himself a “black NAZI” and referred to Adolf Hitler as a better leader than “any of the sh*t that’s in Washington.” He also suggested that slavery was beneficial for African Americans and that he would defend its reinstitution.
In addition to his controversial comments on Nazi ideology and slavery, CNN also reported that he often made derogatory and misogynistic remarks on a pornographic website called “Nude Africa” for close to four years. They alleged that the Republican nominee revealed in one of his posts that he liked transgender pornography. The post read, “I like watching tranny on girl porn! That’s f*cking hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in! And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!”
Another of Mark Robinson’s post was a detailed story of how he enjoyed secretly watching women shower at a public gym when he was still a teenager.
“I came to a spot that was a dead end but had two big vent covers over it! It just so happened it overlooked the showers! I sat there for about an hour and watched as several girls came in and showered,” he wrote.
CNN was able to trace his activities by comparing his bio-data and email with those on the accounts he created with the username, minisoldr. Politico also reported that an email belonging to the lieutenant governor was registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for those seeking extramarital affairs. Robinson has a wife, Yolanda Hill, to whom he has been married for more than 30 years.
Mark Robinson’s campaign has released a video on X in which he denies the allegations and blames his opponent, Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, for leaking information to the media.
According to him, his “opponents are desperate to shift the focus here from the substantive issues and focus on what you are concerned with to salacious tabloid trash.”
However, some people are not buying his defense and are still calling for his resignation. Some comments on X, formerly known on Twitter, reads:
- “Nobody believes you. Drop out.”
- “This man is lying.”
- “Blaming the “news media” when even the Trump campaign has barred you from campaigning with them and asked you to drop out of the race due to the story that’s about to break is absolutely pathetic.”
- “You’re a disgrace.”
- “You’re a liar and a thief. Drop out and get therapy.”
- “Drop out immediately.”
- “Man who called himself a “Black Nazi” on porn site compares himself to Clarence Thomas and claims he, also, is a “victim” of “high tech lynching.” Hmmm. It’s giving coke can.”
As of the time of writing, it is still not clear what the Republican party wishes to do about the allegations levied at one of their own. Trump may as well give an update on Mark Robinson’s political future when he makes it to a scheduled rally in Wilmington, North Carolina on Saturday.