In November 2024, voters in the North Carolina governor’s race will have the opportunity to vote for a man who:
- Called the 1960s Civil Rights movement “crap” and “communist.”
- Called Martin Luther King Jr. an “ersatz” pastor followed by a “bunch of atheists.”
- Called the LGBTQ community “filth” and “maggots.“
- Said the Marvel “Black Panther” movie was “created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by a satanic marxist.”
- Quotes Hitler
- Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council called a “trophy of God’s grace.”
His name is Mark Robinson and he currently holds the position of Lieutenant Governor. Tonight he won the The Tar Heel State’s GOP primary tonight. Robinson was endorsed by Donald Trump.
Here are some Robinson quotes:
On guns:
Jesus told folks they should own a sword. ‘Go get you a sword. You need you a sword.’ … In our [U.S.] founding documents, it says rights come from God. Now, I want you to think about this: To every animal, God has given the ability to defend itself. [Robinson gives the example of the garden slug, which has an enzyme that makes it unappetizing.]
“Now, if God gave the garden slug a way to defend itself, what makes you think he didn’t give man—who he created in his own image—a way to defend himself? Those AR-15s and Glock 9-millimeters and .45 calibers—where do you think they came from? Who do you think inspired them? God knew the world he was putting us into. So he formed in our minds the ability for us…to defend ourselves.” — Robinson at Asbury Baptist Church, Seagrove, June 6, 2021
On women:
“We’re called to be the Christians that God has called us to be. And we are called … to be led by men. God sent women out … to do their thing. But when it was time to face down Goliath, He sent DAVID, not Davita. DAVID! When it was time to lead the Israelites out of [Egypt], He sent MOSES! Not Mama Moses, Daddy Moses. See, God knew what He was doing when He made men big and hairy and ugly. Because you’re supposed to scare away predators, whether they’re in the woods or standing in front of your kids in elementary school.” — Robinson at Freedom House Church in Charlotte, May 22, 2022
On America as a “Christian nation”:
“There’s a lot of people that like to say that this isn’t a Christian nation. But, hey, take a look around you. Every good thing that’s ever come up in this nation, every problem that we’ve ever needed solved—it’s all been solved by people who believed in Jesus Christ. “That’s where the real solutions are in this nation. They always have been. And there’s always going to be a regimen of people in this nation who call themselves Christians and believe in the tenets of Christianity. And so this is a Christian nation.” — Robinson at Cross Assembly, Wake County, Oct. 10, 2021
Here is Robinson’s endorsement of Donald Trump in June 2023 at Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition event.
More on this speech here.
The electorate in North Carolina and Pennsylvania are different, but Robinson’s campaign reminds me of Doug Mastriano’s Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign in 2022. He is just too extreme to win a state-wide election.