{"id":2343913,"date":"2024-09-20T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-launches-ad-campaign-tying-trump-to-mark-robinson-following-cnn-report-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:18:27","slug":"dnc-launches-ad-campaign-tying-trump-to-mark-robinson-following-cnn-report-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-launches-ad-campaign-tying-trump-to-mark-robinson-following-cnn-report-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC launches ad campaign tying Trump to Mark Robinson following CNN report &#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%2Fdnc-launches-ad-campaign-tying-trump-to-mark-robinson-following-cnn-report-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=2343913&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>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) \u200dhas \u200claunched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-a-trump-won-billboard-placed-in-times-square\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Was A \u2018Trump Won\u2019 Billboard Placed In Times Square?\">billboard campaign<\/a> in North Carolina to associate former President Donald \u200bTrump with \u200bcontroversial \u200cRepublican gubernatorial \u200ccandidate Mark\u2064 Robinson. This comes shortly after\u200b a CNN report revealed problematic comments Robinson made, \u200dincluding self-identifying as\u2063 a &#8220;black Nazi&#8221; and \u2062making crude \u2062remarks about \u2064civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. The billboards show Trump and \u200bRobinson together, referencing Trump&#8217;s past praise for\u2063 Robinson, as part of the DNC&#8217;s strategy to sway North Carolina voters in\u2063 the upcoming\u200c elections. \u2063The campaign\u2064 coincides\u2062 with\u200d Vice\u200c President Kamala\u2063 Harris&#8217;s efforts to secure a Democratic\u2062 victory in\u200d the state for the first \u200dtime \u200csince 2008. \u200cDespite the backlash, Robinson remains in the race, with both he and the North Carolina \u2062GOP denying the allegations\u200b from the CNN report.  <\/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\">DNC launches ad campaign tying Trump to Mark Robinson following CNN report<\/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_1764881\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Committee<\/a> announced a new crop of billboard ads linking former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to controversial North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson, less than one day after CNN published a <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>bombshell report<\/a> about the gubernatorial candidate&rsquo;s past comment on pornographic websites. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morgan-wallen-breaks-long-silence-i-needed-this-time-off\/\" title=\"Morgan Wallen Breaks Long Silence: \u2018I Needed This Time Off\u2019\">billboards feature<\/a> the two men smiling beside one another, along with captions of Trump&rsquo;s past praise of Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>They will be placed in several North Carolina cities, including Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greensboro before Trump holds a rally in Wilmington Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3160586\/who-has-hasnt-endorsed-harris-trump-election-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO HAS AND HASN&rsquo;T ENDORSED HARRIS AND TRUMP THIS ELECTION CYCLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The DNC launched billboards of former President Donald Trump praising the controversial Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R-NC). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It also comes as the DNC and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Kamala-Harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign are hoping they can flip the Tarheel State blue, for the first time since 2008, by tying Trump to Robinson, whose campaign has been upended by the CNN report.<\/p>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s primary endorsement of the lieutenant governor boosted him to become the GOP nominee for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>governor<\/a> despite some hesitancy surrounding Robinson, who has long been known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">controversial comments<\/a> on women, the LGBT community, and other minority groups.<\/p>\n<p>According to CNN, Robinson once described himself as a &ldquo;black Nazi&rdquo; and made crude remarks about civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr. on a pornography website&rsquo;s message board, in addition to other comments that the news organization did not print due to their sexual nature.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats immediately saw the fallout from Robinson&rsquo;s past behavior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3160609\/kamala-harris-sees-opening-north-carolina-mark-robinson-fallout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>as an opening<\/a> to win North Carolina and began linking him to Trump Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s campaign posted a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHQ\/status\/1836851875670331661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a>clip on social media of Trump calling Robinson an &ldquo;unbelievable&rdquo; lieutenant governor soon after the story was published. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\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> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Robinson and the North Carolina GOP party have denied the allegations, with Robinson refusing to drop out of the governor&rsquo;s race.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day as the CNN story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/north-carolina-lt-governor-mark-robinson-ashley-madison-00180107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Politico<\/em> also reported<\/a> that an email address linked to Robinson was registered on Ashley Madison, a website that enables married people to cheat on their spouses. A spokesman for Robinson denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson denies that he ever created or used an account on this website,&rdquo; Mike Lonergan, Robinson&rsquo;s communications director, told <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It has not blunted the attacks from Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump and Mark Robinson are two MAGA extremists cut from the same cloth,&rdquo; said DNC chair Jaime Harrison&nbsp;in a statement. &ldquo;Both are anti-choice radicals, election deniers, and have a long and disturbing history of spewing hate. Make no mistake: Trump has embraced and tied himself to Robinson at every turn. Donald Trump and Mark Robinson are too extreme for North Carolina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats can flip North Carolina blue, it would be a huge blow to Trump, whose easiest path to 270 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Electoral-College\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Electoral College<\/a> votes involves winning North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. But Trump&rsquo;s rally in Wilmington Saturday is an indication the GOP is not taking the state and its 16 electoral votes for granted.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee for comment. <\/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_1764881\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1764881\"}});<\/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>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has initiated a new billboard advertising campaign that connects former President Donald Trump to the contentious North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson. This move comes just a day after CNN released a significant report detailing Robinson&#8217;s past remarks regarding pornographic websites. The billboards display images of Trump and Robinson smiling together, accompanied by quotes of Trump&#8217;s previous commendations of Robinson. These ads will be strategically placed in various cities across North Carolina, including Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greensboro, ahead of Trump&#8217;s rally in Wilmington on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The DNC aims to leverage this connection as part of their strategy to turn North Carolina blue for the first time since 2008, especially following the revelations from CNN that have disrupted Robinson&#8217;s campaign. Trump&#8217;s endorsement played a crucial role in propelling Robinson to become the GOP nominee for governor despite concerns over his controversial statements about women and minority groups. CNN reported that Robinson had previously referred to himself as a &#8220;black Nazi&#8221; and made inappropriate comments about civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. on an adult website\u2019s forum.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these developments, Democrats quickly began associating Trump with Robinson after the CNN story broke. Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign shared footage on social media showing Trump calling Robinson an &#8220;unbelievable&#8221; lieutenant governor shortly after the report was published.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson and the North Carolina Republican Party have denied these allegations; however, he has not withdrawn from the gubernatorial race despite mounting pressure. On the same day as CNN&#8217;s report, Politico revealed that an email address associated with Robinson was registered on Ashley Madison\u2014a site known for facilitating extramarital affairs\u2014though his spokesperson refuted any claims regarding this account.<\/p>\n<p>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison stated that both Trump and Robinson are &#8220;MAGA extremists&#8221; with troubling histories marked by hate speech and radical views against reproductive rights and election integrity. He emphasized that if Democrats succeed in flipping North Carolina blue, it would significantly hinder Trump&#8217;s path toward securing 270 Electoral College votes\u2014especially since winning states like North Carolina is critical for him.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges highlighted by Democrats leading up to Saturday\u2019s rally in Wilmington\u2014which indicates GOP efforts are still strong\u2014the Washington Examiner reached out for comments from both Trump&#8217;s campaign and the Republican National Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2343914,"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\/03\/AP24045717563270-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7705,36091,3634],"class_list":["post-2343913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dnc","tag-mark-robinson","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24045717563270-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343913","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\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}