2024 Governor North Carolina

[raison de arizona]

this guy is the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina

[RTH10260]

Sounds like he ought to skip the N.C. governor position and directly apply as House Speaker

[raison de arizona]

Disgusting rhetoric. And at a church no less.

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”
Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

Mark Robinson, the extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence in a bizarre and extended rant he delivered on June 30 in a small-town church.

“Some folks need killing!” Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, shouted during a roughly half-hour-long speech in Lake Church in the tiny town of White Lake, in the southeast corner of the state. “It’s time for somebody to say it. It’s not a matter of vengeance. It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!”

Robinson’s call for the “killing” of “some folks” came during an extended diatribe in which he attacked an extraordinary assortment of enemies. These ranged from “people who have evil intent” to “wicked people” to those doing things like “torturing and murdering and raping” to socialists and Communists. He also invoked those supposedly undermining America’s founding ideals and leftists allegedly persecuting conservatives by canceling them and doxxing them online.

In all this, Robinson appeared to endorse lethal violence against these unnamed enemies, particularly on the left, though he wasn’t exactly clear on which “folks” are the ones who “need killing.”

Robinson, a self-described “MAGA Republican,” has a long history of wildly radical and unhinged moments. He has linked homosexuality to pedophilia, called for the arrest of trans women, pushed hallucinogenic antisemitic conspiracy theories, endorsed the vile “birther” conspiracy about Barack Obama, described Michelle Obama as a man, hinted at the need to violently oppose federal law enforcement and the government, and posted memes mocking and denying the brutal, violent assault on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, among many other things.

https://newrepublic.com/article/183443/ ... nt-killing

[raison de arizona]

WTF kind of bullshit church is this?

At some point, this has to be illegal. Incitement to violence cannot continue to exist like this.

North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by @newrepublic: "Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it." https://newrepublic.com/article/183443/ ... nt-killing

[Resume18]

Mainstream Maga/GOP political thought.

[RTH10260]

WTF kind of bullshit church is this?
https://x.com/AdamKinzinger/status/1809255166404698290

At some point, this has to be illegal. Incitement to violence cannot continue to exist like this.

North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by @newrepublic: "Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it." https://newrepublic.com/article/183443/ ... nt-killing

The guy mentions Pearl Harbor as a need to kill the enemy. He ignores that Japan entered war against the US and retaliation was the answer. He ignores that the war was against Japanese soldiers, not American citizens.

[johnpcapitalist]

Yeah, he's not running for governor any more; he's running for US Senate. But weirdo Mark Robinson is getting even more creepy. When we last checked in, the staunch anti-abortion fanatic admitted that he supported his wife in getting an abortion back in the day. Evidence also showed that a day care he owned before he got into politics was repeatedly investigated for not having state minimum staffing, toys for the kids or anything even remotely supportive of the idea that kids have value once they're born.

Now stories are coming out that Robinson was a major porn addict back in the 1990s and early naughts: https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/ ... legations/

Color me surprised...

[Dr. Ken]

Something big is about to drop on Robinson. Republicans are trying to get him to drop out and Trump/Vance have cancelled two appearances with him.

[Foggy]

Oh please, oh please ...

It involves "activity on adult websites in the 2000s," according to the story.

True disclosure - I may have visited an adult website in the 2000s, but only once, for research purposes. I grew up with Playboy.

[zekeb]

Oh please, oh please ...

It involves "activity on adult websites in the 2000s," according to the story.

True disclosure - I may have visited an adult website in the 2000s, but only once, for research purposes. I grew up with Playboy.

Off Topic

I haven't looked in that magazine in at least 50 years. I wonder if those young women have tattoos festooned about their bodies.

[bob]

Off Topic

I haven't looked in that magazine in at least 50 years.

Playboy stopped publishing magazines four years ago. But its media empire is otherwise strong.

I wonder if those young women have tattoos festooned about their bodies.

I selflessly performed the necessary research to conclude: yes.

[Rolodex]

There have already been other scandals about this guy:
made his wife get an abortion
financial shenanigans regarding the day cares he owned (he had to sell them)
something else porn ish - can't remember if it was visiting strip clubs, or websites or exactly what
saying people need to be killed (while appearing at a church)

There are others that I can't remember at the moment, so I'm not sure what could be so big they ask him to step down.

Maybe related: I just got a call about 30 minutes ago from a number in Raleigh. I didn't answer it.

[Dr. Ken]

I think the first one is probably the one that's a bridge too far for the republicans.

[Foggy]

It's at a time like this when I wish I trusted the (essentially Trump-owned) CNN people to do a great job of bringing the receipts and doing the research to back up the story, because this is our own little Trump stooge and he's gonna fight this all the way.

But I don't trust CNN. In fact, fuck CNN. But we're following the story in FoghornLand.

[Dr. Ken]

It's at a time like this when I wish I trusted the (essentially Trump-owned) CNN people to do a great job of bringing the receipts and doing the research to back up the story, because this is our own little Trump stooge and he's gonna fight this all the way.

But I don't trust CNN. In fact, fuck CNN. But we're following the story in FoghornLand.

He's already saying he's not dropping out. I know the deadline is tonight.

[Dr. Ken]

[Foggy]

Does it matter if he drops out? His name will still be on every ballot. He won't win, even without this latest story. Stein is way ahead in the polls, much more than Harris-Trump, which is tied up right now.

He's toxic whatever. And good luck with picking a new candidate and hoping his voters, who can barely manage to tie their own shoelaces, will understand the switch and that they're not really voting for Robinson.

[bob]

Says he's not dropping out.

[Rolodex]

Dude. Check history. It's always the cover-up.

[neonzx]

[Dr. Ken]

Lots to unpack. Here's the CNN article.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics ... index.html

"Martin Luther King on Steroids" - Donald Trump

[Dr. Ken]

[AndyinPA]

Saying some folks need killing didn't get him thrown out, but this did?

[Foggy]

OMG, Robinson gonna buy up all the wypipo. I'm too old for this!

[Foggy]

Trump is scheduled to hold a rally Saturday in Wilmington, North Carolina.

I want the quadfectee to stand behind Robinson 110%. Stand up there and tell people it's all fake news, DonOld.