Mark Robinson

[[File:NC Lt Gov Mark Robinson 2022.png|thumb|right|165px|Robinson in 2022]]{{uspolitics|1}}
{{cquote|Some folks need killing!|||Robinson, at a [[church]]<ref name="sargent">[https://newrepublic.com/article/183443/mark-robinson-north-carolina-gov-candidate-hateful-rant-killing MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: 'Some Folks Need Killing!'] by Greg Sargent (July 05, 2024) ''The New Republic''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about [[transgenderism]], [[homosexuality]], any of that filth. And yes [[Bigotry|I called it filth]]. And if you don’t like that I called it filth, come see me and I’ll explain it to you.|||Robinson, unashamed<ref name=reeves>[https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/nc-lawmaker-calls-on-lt-gov-robinson-to-resign-over-homophobic-transphobic-comments/ NC lawmaker calls on Lt. Gov. Robinson to resign over homophobic, transphobic comments] by Jeff Reeves & Nick Sturdivant (Posted: Oct 7, 2021 / 06:49 PM EDT; Updated: Oct 8, 2021 / 11:13 PM EDT) ''CBS17''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|There were always rumors circulating, some of them demonstrably false and some of them harder to assess. "We were like, [[Jesus]], I ''hope'' that’s not true."|||a person associated with Robinson's 2024 campaign<ref name=knowles>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/28/mark-robinson-trump-republicans-porn-account/ Inside the Mark Robinson debacle: Panic, blame and pressure on Trump: Top Republicans, including the party’s current presidential nominee, long championed or enabled the gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina. Then it all came crashing down.] by Hannah Knowles et a. (September 28, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>}}

'''Mark Keith Robinson''' {{lived|1968}} is the former lieutenant governor of [[North Carolina]] and the [[Republican]] failed nominee for the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election. He's also a [[racist]], [[sexist]], [[holocaust denier]], among other [[wingnuttery]]. Robinson is a deeply flawed candidate; his flaws were well known before he ran for governor. North Carolina Republican state treasurer Dale Folwell said that the GOP leadership and consultants who selected him "did know, should have known or, [[Willful ignorance|didn’t want to know]]" about them.<ref name=knowles/>

Thankfully, he was defeated by Josh Stein in the election.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/mark-robinson-loses-north-carolina-governor-josh-stein-rcna173891 Democrat Josh Stein defeats Republican Mark Robinson in N.C. governor's race] by Alexandra Marquez, November 5, 2024, ''NBC News''</ref> His position as lieutenant governor was filled by Democrat Rachel Hunt.<ref>[https://ltgov.nc.gov/about/rachel-hunt Rachel Hunt's "About" page on the North Carolina lieutenant governor site.]</ref>

==Abortion==
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Despite being [[Anti-abortion|against abortion]] calling it "murder" and "[[genocide]]" as long ago as 2018, [[Hypocrisy|back in the 1980s, he paid for his then-girlfriend and future-wife to get an abortion]].<ref name=kaczynski1>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/17/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-abortion-ban-no-exceptions/index.html GOP front-runner for North Carolina governor supported banning abortions without exceptions. Now he avoids using the ‘a-word’] by Andrew Kaczynski & Em Steck (4:00 AM EST, Wed January 17, 2024) ''CNN''.</ref>

==Antisemitism==
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Robinson is also a long history of antisemitism, including Holocaust denialism.<ref>[https://forward.com/opinion/655944/mark-robinson-dropping-out-north-carolina/ This GOP candidate has always been antisemitic — so why are Republicans only panicking about him now? Thursday’s news that Mark Robinson had called himself a “black [[Nazi|NAZI]]!” was shocking, but not surprising] by Emily Tamkin (September 19, 2024) ''Forward''.</ref> He had referred to himself as a "Black Nazi". 

He said that the movie ''Black Panther'' was "created by an [[agnostic]] [[Jew]] and put to film by (a) [[Satanic Panic|satanic]] [[Cultural Marxism|marxist]]"{{efn|The comic book character Black Panther, upon which the movie was derived, was created in 1966 by {{wpl|Stan Lee}} and {{wpl|Jack Kirby||,}} both of whom were Jewish. The film was directed by [[African American]] {{wpl|Ryan Coogler||,}} a recipient of four [[NAACP]] Image Awards. Other allegations by Robinson are slurs.}} and "was only created to pull the {{wpl|Alt-right glossary#Shekel|shekels}} out of your Schvartze{{efn|''Schvartze'' is a Yiddish slur for a Black person.}} pockets".<ref name=campbell>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article246284085.html Muslim ‘invaders’ and transgender ‘delusion’: Lt. gov. candidate’s posts draw criticism] by Colin Campbell (October 10, 2020 09:00 AM) ''The News & Observer''.</ref>

==Racism==
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When running for lieutenant governor, Robinson claimed that [[Bullshit|systemic racism isn’t real]], stating, "The system of government that we have in this nation is not systemically racist. In fact, it is not racist at all."<ref>[https://ncnewsline.com/briefs/lt-gov-mark-robinson-says-theres-no-systemic-racism-in-america-during-clash-with-democrats-over-new-social-studies-standards/ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says there’s no ‘systemic racism’ in America during clash with Democrats over new social studies standards] by Greg Childress (January 28, 2021 10:00 am) ''NC Newsline''.</ref>

==Gun rights==
Robinson is a staunch defenders of gun rights. In the aftermath of the [[Parkland shooting]], a Greensboro city council was held where the subject was whether or not to cancel a gun show, Robinson spoke at this event in defence of gun rights. His speech went viral among [[conservatives]]. This was his debut in the public eye.<ref>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article208049249.html ‘Come hell or high water,’ citizens will keep gun rights, NC man vows in viral video] by Camila MOlina & Aaron MOody (April 06, 2018 03:22 PM; Updated April 08, 2018 04:31 PM) ''The News & Observer''.</ref>

=="Some folks' need killing!"==
At a church in White Lake, North Carolina, Robinson insisted that "some folks' need killing". He added that "it’s a matter of necessity [...] when you have wicked people doing wicked things, torturing and murdering and raping. It’s time to call out, uh, those guys in green and go have them handled." 

Attempts to depict this concerning speech more mildly may choose to focus on the mentions of murder and rape. 

Unfortunately Mark's other statements in the speech, such as "we now find ourselves struggling with people who have evil intent. You know, there’s a time when we used to meet evil on the battlefield, and guess what we did to it? We killed it!" and "we need to start handling our business again. [...] Don’t you feel it slipping away? [...] the tenets of socialism and communism start coming into clearer focus [...] They cancel you. They dox you. They kick you off social media. [...] Folks, it’s happening." make this a very hard sell. The people who "need killing" are not depicted explicitly and the necessity of violence is instead treated as a {{wpl|truism||.}} <ref name="sargent"></ref>

==Islamophobia==
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Robinson believes in the [[Great Replacement|myth that immigrants are trying to replace white people]] by saying that [[Muslims]] “are not ‘immigrants,’ they are INVADERS”.<ref name=campbell/>

==Homophobia and transphobia== 
On February 3 2024, Robinson threatened trans women with arrest over [[Transphobia and public restrooms|using bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity]], suggesting they "find a corner outside somewhere".<ref>Nick Robertson, [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4464245-trans-women-should-be-arrested-over-bathroom-use-nc-gov-candidate-mark-robinson/ Trans women should be arrested over bathroom use: NC Gov candidate Mark Robinson]. ''The Hill'', 12 February 2024.</ref>

Despite his hatred for LGBTQIA+,<ref name=reeves/> in a [[CNN]] exposé, people said he has enjoyed lesbian<ref>[https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-election-governor-republican-mark-robinson-porn-allegations/ Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular. He Denies It.] by Jeffrey Billman & Joe Killian (September 3, 2024) ''The Assembly''.</ref> as well as transgender [[porn]], calling himself a "perv" afterwards.<ref name=kaczynski2/> A report from ''Politico'' also linked Robinson's e-mail address to an account on the infamous [[adultery|cheating]] site [[Ashley Madison]].<ref name="ashleymad1">{{cite news |last=Allison |first=Natalie |date=September 19, 2024|title=Email address belonging to Mark Robinson found on Ashley Madison | work=Politico| publisher=| url= https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/19/north-carolina-lt-governor-mark-robinson-ashley-madison-00180107 |location= | access-date=}}</ref>

==CNN leak==
During his 2024 run for the North Carolina Gubanational election, [[CNN]] leaked some profiles in numerous porn forums belonging to Robinson.<ref name=kaczynski2>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum] by Andrew Kaczynski & Em Steck (3:21 PM EDT, September 19, 2024) ''CNN''.</ref> In these profiles he said some batshit things, most infamously calling himself a “black [[Nazism|Nazi]]”, among other things, on a message board for [[pornography]] (primarily one called "Nude Africa"), of all places.

How these profiles came to be discovered was by going through the usernames and email addresses that he went through for his other public profiles, such as [[Twitter]] ('minisoldr', for example). It didn’t help him that he had included his full name, and other information he laid out that can’t be just coughed up to coincidences.

He and his campaign have since denied this, though it’s hard to believe him when the evidence follows a pattern of behavior and hasn’t done much to prove the evidence wrong, nor claim to be working to do so.

In the CNN exposé, he claimed that when he was 14, he [[Voyeurism|peeped into a women’s room]] two times, something that he later fantasized about. So, one could scoff at his accusation of [[Transphobia and public restrooms|trans women being creepy men who want to sneak in the women’s bathrooms]] as self-projection.

Clearly unashamed of himself, Robinson has said a lot of bigoted comments on the various porn forums that he frequented. Here are some of them:

*He claimed that [[slavery]] wasn’t that bad of a thing, wishing for its return, claiming some people deserve to be slaves and that he’d buy some himself.
*Called himself a black Nazi.
*He preferred [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] over [[Barack Obama|Obama]].
*Used a ton of slurs directed at [[African American]]s, [[Judaism|Jews]], [[Islam|Muslims]] and others.
*He made his hatred of [[Martin Luther King]] very apparent, calling him slurs and other insults, in stark contrast to how [[Donald Trump]] had compared Robinson to King on multiple occasions.<ref>[https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article292758169.html Trump has embraced NC’s Mark Robinson, calling him ‘Martin Luther King on steroids’] by Avi Bajpai (September 19, 2024 6:55 PM)  ''The News & Observer''.</ref>
*When a message board user accused him of being part of the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] for Robinson’s comments on MLK, Robinson used another slur against King (very mature indeed).

Soon after the CNN story went public, Robinson's election chances vanished overnight, as his GOP colleagues began to distance themselves from him while even his own campaign staffers quit.<ref>John Bowden, [https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/mark-robinson-staff-resign-cnn-b2619027.html Half of Mark Robinson’s staffers leave lieutenant governor’s office after dramatic campaign exodus]. ''[[The Independent]]'', 25 September 2024.</ref>

As of December 2024 he's ''still using'' the minisoldr handle, despite his repeated denials that the handle belongs to him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/mark-robinson-minisoldr/|title=The Return of Minisoldr|date=December 16, 2024|work=The Assembly}}</ref>

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