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Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson denied engagement successful an alleged pornography ungraded that surfaced Thursday, vowing to stay successful the contention to go the Old North State's adjacent governor.
CNN published a study Thursday day alleging Robinson's erstwhile usage of a pornography site, called "Nude Africa," wherever helium allegedly messaged with chap users regarding peeping connected women successful locker rooms arsenic a teenager, describing himself arsenic a "black NAZI" and declaring a fondness for transgender pornography.
Just earlier the study was published, Robinson posted a video to his X relationship vowing to enactment successful the contention portion calling the then-anticipated study "tabloid trash."
"Let maine reassure you, the things that you volition spot successful that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson. You cognize my words, you cognize my character, and you cognize that I person been wholly transparent successful this contention and before. Folks, this contention close now, our opponents are hopeless to displacement the absorption present from the substantive issues and absorption connected what you are acrophobic with to salacious trap, tabloid trash," helium said successful the X video.
Mark Robinson, lieutenant politician of North Carolina, arrives during a "Get Out The Vote" rally with erstwhile President Trump successful Greensboro, connected March 2, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CNN's report alleged that Robinson utilized a pseudonym connected the porn site, "minisoldr," to sermon however helium enjoys watching transgender pornography, arsenic good arsenic recounting however helium allegedly peeped connected women successful a locker country arsenic a 14-year-old.
"I came to a spot that was a dormant extremity but had 2 large vent covers implicit it! It conscionable truthful happened it overlooked the showers! I sat determination for astir an hr and watched arsenic respective girls came successful and showered," Robinson allegedly wrote connected Nude Africa of peeping connected women arsenic a teenager.
In different station successful 2010, CNN reported Robinson allegedly stated, "I’m a Black Nazi!" portion discussing Black Republicans.
The alleged usage of the chat forums played retired betwixt 2008 and 2012, according to CNN, good earlier Robinson entered the governmental arena successful 2019, erstwhile helium announced his tally for lieutenant governor.
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Robinson pinned blasted connected his Democratic opponent, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, for leaking the allegations to the media.
"North Carolinians already cognize Mark Robinson is wholly unfit to beryllium Governor. Josh remains focused connected winning this run truthful that unneurotic we tin physique a safer, stronger North Carolina for everyone," Stein's run told Fox News Digital.
In comments to CNN, Robinson again denied the report.
"This is not us. These are not our words. And this is not thing that is diagnostic of me," Robinson said. "I’m not going to get into the minutia of however idiosyncratic manufactured this, these salacious tabloid lies."
Reports mounted aboriginal Thursday that Robinson was allegedly facing unit from Republican allies to driblet retired of the contention aft connection dispersed that helium was facing a damning quality nonfiction related to his alleged usage of adult websites successful the 2000s.
Before the CNN study was published, Robinson’s campaign communications manager patently said the reports were false.
"Whomever your sources are here, it is implicit fiction," comms manager Michael Lonergan told the Carolina Journal earlier Thursday.
Fox News Digital reached retired to Robinson connected Thursday, but did not instantly person a reply.
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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks astatine the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority league astatine the Washington Hilton connected June 21, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) released a connection pursuing CNN's report, arguing it is the "latest impervious that Mark Robinson is unhinged, dangerous, and wholly unfit to beryllium governor."
"Now, arsenic galore Republicans pass against the harm Robinson would bash arsenic governor, it's wide that the stakes person ne'er been higher and we indispensable support our ft connected the state to decision him successful November," DGA lawman communications manager Izzi Levy said.
North Carolina outlet The Assembly published a abstracted and lengthy study connected Sept. 3 alleging Robinson routinely visited porn shops, viewing materials in a backstage booth, according to erstwhile employees and customers. Robinson’s alleged visits to big stores unfolded successful the 1990s and 2000s, earlier his modulation into the governmental sphere, according to the report.
Lonergan denied the findings successful The Assembly’s report, calling it "complete and full fiction."
"This mendacious and idiosyncratic onslaught connected my brag is implicit fiction," Lonergan told the outlet.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks astatine a run lawsuit astatine Harrah's Cherokee Center connected Aug. 14, 2024, successful Asheville, North Carolina. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)
Robinson assumed bureau arsenic North Carolina lieutenant politician successful 2021, becoming the archetypal African American to clasp the office. He announced past April helium would tally for governor.
Robinson went viral successful 2018 erstwhile helium delivered an impassioned code regarding weapon laws during a metropolis assembly gathering successful Greensboro, earlier helium was elected to governmental office. His code came successful effect to section leaders debating whether to cancel a weapon amusement pursuing the Parkland schoolhouse shooting successful Florida that aforesaid year.
"I’m a law-abiding national who’s ne'er changeable anybody," Robinson said astatine the meeting, which was viewed 200 cardinal times. "Every clip we person 1 of these shootings, cipher wants to enactment the blasted wherever it goes, which is astatine the shooter’s feet. You privation to enactment it astatine my feet. You privation to crook astir and restrict my right."
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He antecedently worked arsenic a furnishings mill worker successful North Carolina and is an Army veteran, earlier climbing the GOP’s governmental ladder, including earning endorsements from former President Trump and the NRA.
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