Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal
Donald Trump is facing calls from his allies and staff to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued Mark Robinson in North Carolina, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
So far, however, there are no plans for the former president to formally drop him.
On Thursday, CNN reported that Robinson, currently the state’s lieutenant governor, posted a series of offensive comments on the message board of a pornography website called “Nude Africa,” including referring to himself as a “black NAZI!,” saying that he enjoyed watching “tranny” porn and revealing that when he was 14 years old, he spied on women in public gym showers. The comments were allegedly posted between 2008 and 2012, before Robinson was lieutenant governor.
In a statement, the Trump campaign did not directly address the underlying reporting about Robinson, whom the former president endorsed in March and has called “Martin Luther King on steroids.”
“President Trump’s campaign is focused on winning the White House and saving the country,” Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “North Carolina is a vital part of that plan. We are confident that as voters compare the Trump record of a strong economy, low inflation, a secure border and safe streets, with the failure of Biden-Harris, then President Trump will win the Tarheel State once again.”
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