Mark Robinson denies he’s dropping out of NC governor’s race after salacious report

North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC) is denying allegations against him, including that he called himself a “black nazi” and used racist, antisemitic, and homophobic slurs on a pornography site’s message board.

CNN released a report on Thursday detailing allegations that Robinson called Martin Luther King Jr., “Martin Lucifer K**n” and supported the reinstatement of slavery, as well as sexually graphic comments on the forum “Nude Africa.” The outlet noted that it was able to verify the posts were Robinson “by matching a litany of biographical details and a shared email address between the two,” referring to the lieutenant governor and the account titled “minisoldr.”

The message board comments, made between 2008 and 2012, predate Robinson’s time as lieutenant governor.

Robinson called the report “salacious tabloid trash” and quoted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in saying he was also a victim of “a high-tech lynching.” The North Carolina Republican blamed his Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Josh Stein, for leaking the story.

I wanted to take a minute to address the latest outrageous lies coming from my opponent’s dishonest campaign: #ncgov #ncpol pic.twitter.com/RtteVUiozr
— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) September 19, 2024

The Washington Examiner reached out to Stein’s campaign regarding Robinson’s accusation.

Robinson said in a video statement just prior to the report’s release that he is staying in the race as speculation swirled that he would drop out.

“Let me assure you, the things you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson,” he said. “You know my words. You know my character, and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before.”

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