{"id":2345335,"date":"2024-09-24T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-mark-robinson-going-after-cnn-full-throttle-over-salacious-lies-told-by-network-we-absolutely-are\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:34:09","slug":"gops-mark-robinson-going-after-cnn-full-throttle-over-salacious-lies-told-by-network-we-absolutely-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-mark-robinson-going-after-cnn-full-throttle-over-salacious-lies-told-by-network-we-absolutely-are\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP&#8217;s Mark Robinson Going After CNN &#8216;Full Throttle&#8217; Over &#8216;Salacious Lies&#8217; Told by Network &#8211; &#8216;We Absolutely Are&#8217;"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fgops-mark-robinson-going-after-cnn-full-throttle-over-salacious-lies-told-by-network-we-absolutely-are%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=2345335&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>Mark Robinson, the \u200blieutenant governor of North Carolina, insists that he remains committed to his gubernatorial \u2062campaign despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-navy-says-fight-with-china-is-likely-in-the-2020s\/\" title=\"U.S. Navy Says Fight With China Is Likely in the 2020s\">facing significant challenges<\/a>.\u200b His\u200d campaign has \u2062suffered a \u200dloss of key staff amid negative media coverage from CNN, which\u200d reported on controversial comments purportedly associated\u2062 with him. \u200cRobinson vowed to\u2064 rebuild\u2064 his team and confront CNN, \u200cdescribing\u200c their reporting as &#8220;salacious lies.&#8221; \u200dDuring\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-given-participation-trophy-during-event-in-iowa\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis awarded &#039;participation trophy&#039; in Iowa event\">recent \u2064campaign\u2063 event<\/a>, he emphasized that he must\u2064 prioritize \u200bthe electoral race while \u200dresponding\u2063 to \u2063the \u2063media. He criticized\u2064 the focus on his controversies while highlighting pressing\u2064 issues\u200d such \u2062as\u2062 drug overdoses and border\u2064 security. Despite his defiance, \u2062reports indicate that his campaign is struggling, with no further advertisement support from the Republican Governor&#8217;s\u2063 Association and\u200c former President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent rally excluding him. Robinson is currently trailing \u200dbehind his Democratic opponent, Josh Stein, in the polls, further complicated by the fallout from the CNN report linking \u2064him to inappropriate comments made online, which\u2063 he vehemently denies.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mark Robinson claims he hasn&rsquo;t lost his drive to win.<\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor of North Carolina, facing a hemorrhaging of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-delaware-revokes-attorney-lin-woods-appearance-as-counsel-for-carter-page-after-filing-georgia-and-wisconsin-cases-against-2020-voter-fraud\/\" title=\"Judge in Delaware Revokes Attorney Lin Wood\u2019s Appearance as Counsel for Carter Page After Filing Georgia and Wisconsin Cases Against 2020 Voter Fraud\">campaign staff<\/a> and national slew of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-candidate-mark-robinson-will-remain-race-fights-back-bombshell-allegations-new-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horrific publicity<\/a>, is vowing to rebuild his team in the race for governor after a CNN report that linked him to damaging, salacious comments about race and transgender sex.<\/p>\n<p>And he said he&rsquo;s &ldquo;coming after CNN full throttle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During a campaign stop Monday in Wilkesboro, Robinson declared that he will take on CNN over the report, but also said he has a race to win first, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/political-news\/lt-gov-robinson-coming-after-cnn-full-throttle-after-mass-exodus-of-campaign-staffers-in-wake-of-report\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNCN<\/a> in Goldsboro.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lt. Gov. Robinson, you&rsquo;ve talked about the reporting being salacious lies, not true. Have you taken steps then to prove it&rsquo;s not true?&rdquo; a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Robinson responded, &ldquo;We absolutely are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You better understand, I am coming after CNN full throttle,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But we have got to put the people first. And in order to put the people first &hellip; we&rsquo;ve got to concentrate on this campaign, and that is exactly what we&rsquo;re going to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are going after them. We are going to go after them for what they&rsquo;ve done. But, we have five weeks left in this race, folks. Make no mistake about it. We are not going to let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clickbait-news-network-cnn-gushes-kamala-article-touting-trump-support-nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> throw us off of our mission,&rdquo; Robinson said.<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized the media for focusing on the CNN report amid problems like fentanyl overdoses, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/14-house-democrats-turn-biden-join-republicans-pass-measure-calling-end-open-border-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open border<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-harris-sharply-different-views-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Think about what&rsquo;s going on on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/going-explain-one-resurfaced-video-shows-kamala-appointed-border-czar-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border<\/a>, think about what&rsquo;s going on on the world stage, and this is what you choose to focus on?&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>His comments to reporters are below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnm6L1FXv8U?si=1G_Yb70Pp7B9rZgT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>He said that a &ldquo;lot of talented people right now are reaching out to us&rdquo; to join in the campaign effort.<\/p>\n<p>But that isn&rsquo;t going to be easy.<\/p>\n<p>Top campaign officials have left Robinson&rsquo;s side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/22\/politics\/mark-robinson-campaign-resignations\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Governor&rsquo;s Association has said it is making no further ad buys for his campaign in the Tar Heel State, according to WNCN.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, who had endorsed Robinson, visited North Carolina for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">campaign rally<\/a> on Saturday but did not invite Robinson to the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/21\/politics\/donald-trump-north-carolina-mark-robinson\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN reported<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to New York Times\/Sienna College <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/governor\/2024\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a>, Robinson was already running behind Democratic candidate Josh Stein, North Carolina&rsquo;s attorney general, even before the CNN story broke.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s safe to say the report hasn&rsquo;t helped him make up ground.<\/p>\n<p><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\">CNN&rsquo;s report on Thursday<\/a> detailed a series of comments made on a porn site called &ldquo;Nude Africa&rdquo; in which a user CNN linked to Robinson describes himself as a &ldquo;black Nazi&rdquo; and a &ldquo;perv&rdquo; who enjoys transgender pornography.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported it had matched Robinson to the comments via &ldquo;a litany of biographical details and a d  address between the two.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has denied he was behind the comments reported by CNN.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not us. These are not our words. And this is not anything that is characteristic of me,&rdquo; Robinson said in CNN&rsquo;s Thursday report.<\/p>\n<p>He did not explain how the evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/maga-boat-parade-participant-goes-off-cnn-reporter-attempting-downplay-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> used to link him to the comments might have been fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to get into the minutia of how somebody manufactured this, these salacious, tabloid lies,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The lieutenant governor of North Carolina, who is experiencing significant staff departures and negative national media attention, is pledging to strengthen his campaign team for the gubernatorial race following a CNN report that associated him with harmful and scandalous remarks regarding race and transgender issues. He stated he would confront CNN aggressively. During a campaign event in Wilkesboro on Monday, Robinson announced his intention to challenge CNN over their report but emphasized that winning the election remains his top priority, as reported by WNCN in Goldsboro. When asked by a reporter if he had taken steps to disprove what he called &#8220;salacious lies,&#8221; Robinson replied affirmatively, stating, \u201cWe absolutely are.\u201d He reiterated his commitment to addressing CNN&#8217;s claims while focusing on the campaign: \u201cYou better understand, I am coming after CNN full throttle&#8230; But we have got to put the people first.\u201d He acknowledged that they are pursuing action against CNN but reminded supporters there are only five weeks left in the race and insisted they wouldn\u2019t let media distractions derail their mission. Additionally, he criticized journalists for prioritizing this story over pressing issues like fentanyl overdoses and economic challenges at the border.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson mentioned that many skilled individuals are reaching out to join his campaign efforts; however, rebuilding will be challenging as key campaign officials have departed from his team. The Republican Governor\u2019s Association has reportedly ceased further ad spending for him in North Carolina. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Robinson but did not include him in a recent rally visit to North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Polling data from New York Times\/Siena College indicated that even before the CNN report emerged, Robinson was trailing behind Democratic candidate Josh Stein, North Carolina&#8217;s attorney general\u2014a situation likely worsened by recent events. The controversial CNN report detailed comments made on an adult website where an individual linked to Robinson referred to himself using derogatory terms related to race and sexual orientation. According to CNN\u2019s investigation connecting these comments with Robinson through various personal details and an address match, he has denied any involvement or ownership of those statements: \u201cThis is not us&#8230; These are not our words.\u201d However, he did not clarify how evidence linking him could have been fabricated or misrepresented: \u201cI\u2019m not going into how somebody manufactured these salacious tabloid lies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2345336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Robinson-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9373,6203,36091,33295,32793],"class_list":["post-2345335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cnn","tag-gop","tag-mark-robinson","tag-media-criticism","tag-political-accountability"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Robinson-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345335","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}