Hate can win you a political campaign, but it’s harder to sustain a career out of it.
Channel: Cardinal & Pine
Date: 2024-04-05

WATCH: 😡 Hate can win you a political campaign, but it’s harder to sustain a career out of it.

That’s why the Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, Mark Robinson, is having a hard time winning over longtime Republican leaders, according to C&P Senior Editor Billy Ball.

Robinson easily won the Republican primary for governor this year, but he’s yet to land the support of people like Sen. Thom Tillis, former Gov. Pat McCrory, and Dale Folwell. Folwell, a popular state treasurer, ran against Robinson in the primary, and he hasn’t backed off of his harsh criticism of Robinson’s angry campaign. Robinson has a history of comments that are antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-women, and anti-educators. And, though he’s a Black man, he has a history of comments that some in the Black community consider offensive.

He’s running against Democrat Josh Stein, the state’s attorney general. For more NC politics, follow @cardinalandpine.
 
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