Posted on 11/05/2024 5:01:14 PM PST by Coronal
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor's race on Tuesday, Fox News projected, defeating Republican Mark Robinson, whose candidacy imploded following a CNN report that he had called himself a "Black Nazi" and made other offensive remarks on a pornographic website.
Robinson, the Southern state's lieutenant governor, has denied the allegations and filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN.
Robinson was endorsed by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who previously praised him as "Martin Luther King on steroids" but whose campaign distanced itself after the scandal broke in September.
Robinson advocated for bringing back slavery for some people and posted "gratuitously sexual and lewd" posts on the site, CNN reported, comments the Republican has denied making.
Robinson had a history of inflammatory comments even before the CNN report, including referring to homosexuality and transgenderism as "filth" and online posts that questioned the Holocaust. He has defended the "filth" comment and apologized for the "wording" of his antisemitic posts.
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Western NC continues to suffer [from ‘Rats].
Words fail me.
Lookit you, NeverTrump - rushing to post “bad news” for the FR conservatives...
He was a pretty poor candidate. One might think that the Democrats engineered his primary win.
He was the Lt Governor!!! And all of a sudden this stuff comes out just prior to the Governor’s race??
If false i hope he wins $1 billion from CNN.
Robinson is a good man with a promising future. He was taken down by a corrupt media. It’s disgusting how this article repeats those lies, even when Robinson has stated he will sue CNN.
No numbers reported.
A pre-written article.
They didn't have to. The Republicans just screwed up.
Hear Trump is behind in NC.
NC is f’d, but they apparently want to be.
Not for long. He'll take the lead in a minute.
Too early for this
Black Nazi? Hell, even Everlast didn’t go that far.
Everlast - Black Jesus (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeLYAgiJxg
NC gives me worries. Not starting out well.
Maybe Trump can put him to work
I hope you are right.
Yep.
Only 9% of votes counted.
Why?? The Republican was beaten by his past mistakes. He never stood a chance.
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