{"id":2343634,"date":"2024-09-19T19:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T23:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-see-opening-for-harris-in-north-carolina-with-mark-robinson-fallout-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T19:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T23:49:44","slug":"democrats-see-opening-for-harris-in-north-carolina-with-mark-robinson-fallout-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-see-opening-for-harris-in-north-carolina-with-mark-robinson-fallout-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats see opening for Harris in North Carolina with Mark Robinson fallout &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-see-opening-for-harris-in-north-carolina-with-mark-robinson-fallout-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats are seizing on the fallout from recent allegations against North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, hoping it will bolster Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign. Reports\u200c surfaced alleging that Robinson made racist and offensive comments\u200d on a pornographic website \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trust-in-fake-news-mainstream-media-at-all-time-low\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Trust in Fake News Mainstream Media at ALL-TIME LOW\">decade ago<\/a>, which he has denied. In response to these allegations, Harris&#8217;s campaign shared a video of former President Donald Trump praising Robinson, \u200dwho\u200c is also linked to \u2062Trump due to\u2064 his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the\u2062 unfolding scandal, political\u200b analysts\u200d have shifted the\u2062 gubernatorial race&#8217;s status from &#8220;lean Democrat&#8221; to &#8220;likely Democrat.&#8221; However, some\u200b experts caution that it may be premature to expect the scandal to have\u200b a significant effect on the presidential race, suggesting \u2064that Harris may simply utilize Trump&#8217;s endorsements of Robinson in campaign ads. North Carolina lawmakers have expressed mixed reactions, with some urging caution regarding the implications of Robinson&#8217;s comments. Democrats view this as an opportunity to enhance their standing in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-launches-25-million-ad-blitz-in-key-battleground-states\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s campaign unleashes M ad blitz in crucial swing states.\">critical battleground\u200c state<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats see opening for Harris in North Carolina with Mark Robinson fallout<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1764649\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democrats\">Democrats<\/a> quickly worked to link former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resident Donald Trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democrats\">Mark Robinson<\/a> after comments he allegedly made on a pornographic website&rsquo;s message board a decade ago surfaced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/19\/politics\/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a> detailing allegations that Robinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3160257\/mark-robinson-denies-dropping-out-governors-race-alleged-porn-forum-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>had called himself<\/a> a &ldquo;black NAZI!&rdquo; in 2010 on &ldquo;Nude Africa,&rdquo; a pornographic website that includes a message board.&nbsp;There were also allegations that Robinson called Martin Luther King Jr. &ldquo;Martin Lucifer K**n&rdquo; and supported the reinstatement of slavery, as well as other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-robinson-not-dropping-out-of-north-carolina-governors-race-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mark Robinson not dropping out of North Carolina governor&#039;s race - Washington Examiner\">sexually graphic comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson denied the posts were from him and said in a video statement released prior to the report&rsquo;s release that he is staying in the race even as there was growing speculation that he would drop out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robinson speaks at an election night event in Greensboro, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Chuck Burton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s campaign posted a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1836851875670331661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> compilation<\/a> on social media of Trump praising Robinson immediately after the report came out, including a clip in which Trump called Robinson &ldquo;better&rdquo; than King.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: Mark Robinson is Martin Luther King on steroids. He is better than Martin Luther King <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GFPWV0zhXx\">pic.twitter.com\/GFPWV0zhXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1836851875670331661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Harris spokesman Ammar Moussa <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ammarmufasa\/status\/1836851644010787319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted a photo <\/a>of Trump with Robinson along with the words&nbsp;&ldquo;Just a picture of Donald Trump and Mark Robinson &mdash; for no particular reason.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just a picture of Donald Trump and Mark Robinson &ndash; for no particular reason. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xhVi1aJE2x\">pic.twitter.com\/xhVi1aJE2x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ammarmufasa\/status\/1836851644010787319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the report came out, David Plouffe, a senior adviser to Harris&rsquo;s campaign who also managed former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s first presidential bid, posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidplouffe\/status\/1836852519395373185\">X<\/a>, &ldquo;16 key electoral votes,&rdquo; alluding to a Harris win in the critical battleground state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the new report, Larry Sabato&rsquo;s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia&rsquo;s Center for Politics <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarrySabato\/status\/1836852138565120028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>shifted<\/a> the North Carolina gubernatorial race from &ldquo;lean Democrat&rdquo; to &ldquo;likely Democrat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Crystal Ball team has just met in emergency session, and in the fastest rating change in our history, we are moving NC GOVERNOR from Lean D to LIKELY D. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fzQhXMSRbS\">https:\/\/t.co\/fzQhXMSRbS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarrySabato\/status\/1836852138565120028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>However, some political experts attempted to tamp down expectations that the scandal could have implications for the presidential race in North Carolina. Prognosticator Nate Silver wrote on X, &ldquo;Probably a stretch to expect any &lsquo;reverse coattails&rsquo;. But you also have to imagine that Harris will be running ads of Trump endorsing Mark Robinson in heavy rotation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Probably a stretch to expect any &#8220;reverse coattails&#8221;. But you also have to imagine that Harris will be running ads of Trump endorsing Mark Robinson in heavy rotation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateSilver538\/status\/1836865582689317303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Several North Carolina lawmakers reacted to the news as they left Capitol Hill for the week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have any facts yet. The allegations are concerning, but we don&rsquo;t have any facts,&rdquo; said Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), answering a question about whether Robinson should drop out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not good,&rdquo; said Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) in response to the report, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArthurDelaneyHP\/status\/1836860000469406087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporting<\/a> from the <em>Huffington Post. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC) said Robinson wasn&rsquo;t &ldquo;fit to lead&rdquo; the state even before the news broke.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every week we are learning more and more about Mark Robinson&rsquo;s racist, sexist, antisemitic, and homophobic beliefs,&rdquo; Ross said in a post on X. &ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t fit to be governor before this story, and it&rsquo;s even more clear today that he isn&rsquo;t fit to lead our state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The language in the CNN report about Robinson could pose new challenges for Trump as he appears at campaign events Thursday regarding &ldquo;fighting anti-semitism in America.&rdquo; The former president will visit North Carolina on Saturday, speaking at a rally in Wilmington about inflation. Trump has invited Robinson to campaign events in the state in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While some have called on Robinson to drop out of the race, ballots are scheduled to begin being mailed out to military and overseas voters on Friday. Robinson has insisted he&rsquo;s staying put.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know my words. You know my character. And you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/markrobinsonNC\/status\/1836841409388642512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Robinson said\">Robinson said<\/a> in a video message, comparing himself to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. &ldquo;Folks, this race, right now, our opponents are desperate to shift the focus here from substantive issues &hellip; to salacious tabloid trash.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Christian Datoc and Ramsey Touchberry contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1764649\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1764649\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are seizing an opportunity for Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina following the fallout from comments made by Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, which were revealed on Thursday. A CNN report highlighted allegations that Robinson referred to himself as a &#8220;black NAZI!&#8221; on a pornographic website&#8217;s message board back in 2010, along with other inflammatory remarks about Martin Luther King Jr. and slavery. Robinson has denied making these posts and stated in a video prior to the report&#8217;s release that he intends to remain in the race despite speculation about his potential withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the revelations, Harris\u2019s campaign shared a compilation of former President Donald Trump praising Robinson, including a clip where Trump claimed Robinson was &#8220;better&#8221; than King. Additionally, Harris spokesman Ammar Moussa tweeted an image of Trump with Robinson without any context.<\/p>\n<p>Following the news, David Plouffe, a senior adviser for Harris\u2019s campaign and former manager of Barack Obama\u2019s first presidential campaign, hinted at potential electoral gains for Harris in North Carolina by referencing its key electoral votes. The University of Virginia&#8217;s Larry Sabato&#8217;s Crystal Ball shifted its rating of the North Carolina gubernatorial race from \u201clean Democrat\u201d to \u201clikely Democrat,\u201d marking one of their quickest rating changes ever.<\/p>\n<p>However, some political analysts cautioned against overestimating how this scandal might affect the presidential race in North Carolina. Nate Silver noted it might be unrealistic to expect significant &#8220;reverse coattails,&#8221; but acknowledged that ads featuring Trump&#8217;s endorsement of Robinson would likely be prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina lawmakers expressed mixed reactions as they left Capitol Hill; Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) called the allegations concerning but lacking facts while Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) described them as &#8220;not good.&#8221; On the other hand, Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC) asserted that even before these revelations emerged, she believed Robinson was unfit for leadership due to his alleged racist and sexist views.<\/p>\n<p>The language used in CNN&#8217;s report could complicate matters for Trump as he addresses anti-Semitism at upcoming events while campaigning in North Carolina this Saturday regarding inflation\u2014where he has previously invited Robinson to join him.<\/p>\n<p>Despite calls for him to withdraw from the race amid these controversies and ballots being sent out soon for military voters overseas starting Friday, Robinson remains steadfastly committed: \u201cYou know my words&#8230; I have been completely transparent&#8230; Our opponents are desperate&#8230;\u201d he stated comparing himself to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2343635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Robinson-Trump--scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,4021,32258],"class_list":["post-2343634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-harris","tag-north-carolina"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Robinson-Trump--scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}