Black pastors rebuke Mark Robinson’s reported remarks about Martin Luther King Jr.
Several prominent Black religious leaders have rebuked Mark Robinson, the embattled North Carolina lieutenant governor who is running for governor, for his past incendiary remarks about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Three prominent Black pastors in North Carolina and other respected clergy have rebuked Mark Robinson, the embattled North Carolina lieutenant governor who is running for governor, for his past incendiary remarks about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Robinson is under intense fire after CNN shared countless controversial comments that he allegedly made on social media, websites and message boards between 2008 and 2012 — including calling himself a “Black Nazi.” He has vehemently denied those remarks came from him. Robinson also said he would remain in the gubernatorial race against his Democrat opponent Josh Stein, despite calls from within the Republican Party to step down. His spokesperson, Michael Lonergan, said in an email after the CNN report that what “the Democrats say about Mark Robinson is either an outright lie or twisted so far out of context it might as well be.”
Robinson did not address his inflammatory 2011 comments, according to CNN, calling King, the legendary civil rights leader a “commie bastard, “worst than a maggot” and a “huckster.” An NBC News request to his campaign for comment went unanswered. Robinson also allegedly wrote, “I’m not in the KKK. They don’t let Blacks join.” If the KKK did allow Black members, Robinson allegedly said he would use an anti-Black slur to refer to King, “Martin Lucifer Koon!”
Robinson has been endorsed by presidential candidate Donald Trump, who once called him “Martin Luther King on steroids.” He added, “I told that to Mark. I said, I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two.”
Given Robinson’s documented history of bombastic comments, King’s oldest child, Martin Luther King III, said in a statement Thursday that he was not surprised by the reported comments allegedly made about his father.
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