{"id":2344580,"date":"2024-09-22T18:27:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-campaign-staff-members-for-mark-robinson-resign-following-allegations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T18:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T22:28:37","slug":"four-campaign-staff-members-for-mark-robinson-resign-following-allegations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-campaign-staff-members-for-mark-robinson-resign-following-allegations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Four campaign staff members for Mark Robinson resign following allegations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ffour-campaign-staff-members-for-mark-robinson-resign-following-allegations-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=2344580&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>Four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-santos-campaign-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud\/\" title=\"Former Santos campaign staffer pleads guilty to wire fraud\">campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouris-republican-governor-says-gop-lawmakers-tried-to-embarrass-him-in-disgusting-scheme\/\" title=\"Missouri\u2019s Republican Governor Says GOP Lawmakers Tried To \u2018Embarrass\u2019 Him In \u2018Disgusting Scheme\u2019\">staff members<\/a><\/a> for \u200dMark Robinson, the North Carolina\u200c gubernatorial\u2063 nominee, resigned after \u2063allegations \u200dsurfaced that he made racist, antisemitic, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-washed-up-leftists-who-found-homes-in-academia\/\" title=\"5 Washed Up Leftists Who Found Homes In Academia\">homophobic comments<\/a> on a \u200dpornographic\u2063 forum. The resignation includes key figures \u2062such as the senior adviser, \u2062campaign manager, finance \u200bdirector, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-pressed-about-trump-outpolling-the-president-as-an-effective-world-leader\/\" title=\"Biden campaign pressed about Trump outpolling the president as an &#039;effective world leader&#039;\">deputy campaign\u200d manager<\/a>. In an email, Robinson expressed gratitude for their contributions and reassured supporters about the campaign&#8217;s strength \u2062moving\u200b forward. Despite the controversies, he remains optimistic about polling and the \u2062upcoming election on November 5. The allegations, reported by CNN, detail \u2064Robinson&#8217;s troubling remarks and posts predating \u2063his \u200ctenure as lieutenant governor, which he \u200chas held since 2021.  <\/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\">Four campaign staff members for Mark Robinson resign following allegations<\/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_1765895\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Four staff members of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mark Robinson<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign resigned on Sunday, just days after a report alleged the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> gubernatorial nominee used racist, antisemitic, and homophobic slurs in posts on a pornographic forum.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jessicataylor\/status\/1837964183108735197?s=46&amp;t=Gepuixs8AegS3Gcy3aXO2g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"email \">email<\/a>, the Robinson campaign announced that Conrad Pogorzelski, senior adviser; Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager; Heather Whillier, finance director; and Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager, have stepped down from their roles. The email noted that new campaign staff members will be announced &ldquo;in the coming days.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign email also included a statement from Robinson, in which he thanked the staff members for their work and attempted to reassure voters that his campaign is on track to win in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I appreciate the efforts of these team members who have made the difficult choice to step away from the campaign. &hellip; Polls have consistently underestimated Republican support in North Carolina for several cycles now and with a large portion of the electorate still undecided as we continue to ramp up our efforts across the state, I am confident our campaign remains in a strong position to make our case to the voters and win on November 5,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the departure of these staff members marks the latest in the fallout from the controversy surrounding Robinson after a CNN report released on Thursday <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=\"alleged\">alleged<\/a> he called Martin Luther King Jr. &ldquo;Martin Lucifer K**n,&rdquo; supported the reinstatement of slavery, and <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\">posted sexually graphic comments<\/a> on the forum &ldquo;Nude Africa.&rdquo; These alleged posts predate his time as lieutenant governor of North Carolina, a role he has served in since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Robinson called the report &ldquo;salacious tabloid trash,&rdquo; pinned the blame on his Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Josh Stein, and vowed to stay in the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many Republican politicians have weighed in on the report, with most recently Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3162376\/mark-robinson-should-have-chance-defend-himself-allegations-lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"saying\">saying<\/a> if the allegations are true, &ldquo;he&rsquo;s unfit to serve for office.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New polling after the report&rsquo;s release indicates Robinson is bleeding support. Larry Sabato&rsquo;s Crystal Ball&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LarrySabato\/status\/1836852138565120028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shifted<\/a>&nbsp;the race from lean Democratic to likely Democratic. Polling from before the report&rsquo;s release from&nbsp;<em>RealClearPolitics<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/governor\/general\/2024\/north-carolina\/robinson-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shows<\/a>&nbsp;Stein ahead of Robinson by nearly 10 percentage points, 49.2% to 39.8%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1765895\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1765895\"}});<\/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>Four members of Mark Robinson&#8217;s campaign team resigned on Sunday, shortly after a report surfaced claiming that the North Carolina gubernatorial candidate made racist, antisemitic, and homophobic remarks on a pornographic forum. The Robinson campaign confirmed in an email that senior adviser Conrad Pogorzelski, campaign manager Chris Rodriguez, finance director Heather Whillier, and deputy campaign manager Jason Rizk have all stepped down. The email mentioned that new staff members would be introduced &#8220;in the coming days.&#8221; Additionally, Robinson expressed gratitude to the departing staff in his statement and reassured voters about his campaign&#8217;s prospects for victory in November. He stated, &#8220;I appreciate the efforts of these team members who have made the difficult choice to step away from the campaign&#8230; Polls have consistently underestimated Republican support in North Carolina for several cycles now&#8230; I am confident our campaign remains in a strong position to make our case to voters and win on November 5.&#8221; However, their resignations are part of the ongoing fallout from allegations against Robinson following a CNN report released Thursday. This report claimed he referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as &#8220;Martin Lucifer K**n,&#8221; advocated for reinstating slavery, and posted sexually explicit comments on a forum called &#8220;Nude Africa.&#8221; These alleged posts date back before his tenure as lieutenant governor since 2021. In response to these claims, Robinson dismissed them as &#8220;salacious tabloid trash,&#8221; blamed his Democratic opponent Josh Stein for orchestrating them, and affirmed his commitment to continue running. Many Republican figures have commented on this situation; recently Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that if true, such allegations render him &#8220;unfit&#8221; for office. Following this controversy, new polling suggests Robinson is losing support; Larry Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball has shifted its race rating from lean Democratic to likely Democratic while earlier polls indicated Stein leading by nearly 10 percentage points at 49.2% compared to Robinson&#8217;s 39.8%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2344581,"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.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5609,37083,36091,34309,32076],"class_list":["post-2344580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allegations","tag-campaign-staff","tag-mark-robinson","tag-resignations","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Robinson.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344580","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}