{"id":2346055,"date":"2024-09-25T20:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T00:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-has-no-plans-to-further-support-north-carolinas-mark-robinson-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T00:47:40","slug":"youngkin-has-no-plans-to-further-support-north-carolinas-mark-robinson-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-has-no-plans-to-further-support-north-carolinas-mark-robinson-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin has \u2018no plans\u2019 to further support North Carolina\u2019s Mark Robinson &#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\">28<\/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%2Fyoungkin-has-no-plans-to-further-support-north-carolinas-mark-robinson-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=2346055&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>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has decided to withdraw his support for North Carolina Lieutenant \u2062Governor Mark Robinson in Robinson&#8217;s gubernatorial race. \u200dThis \u200ddecision follows\u200b a CNN report \u2064outlining serious allegations against Robinson, including claims that he made homophobic, racist, and\u200d antisemitic \u200dremarks on a\u200c pornographic forum\u2062 about a decade ago. A spokesperson for Youngkin stated that, despite previously attending an event for Robinson, he\u2062 has &#8220;no\u200b plans to \u200cfurther support&#8221; Robinson&#8217;s candidacy. Youngkin&#8217;s\u2064 decision is part of a broader trend\u2063 among Republicans, as several have retracted their endorsement of Robinson amid the controversy. The Republican Governors Association (RGA) also announced that it would allow its media buy in North Carolina to expire without further placements.  <\/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\">Youngkin has &lsquo;no plans&rsquo; to further support North Carolina&rsquo;s Mark Robinson<\/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_1769624\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Glenn Youngkin<\/a> (R-VA) has decided to no longer support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gubernatorial<\/a> race following a CNN report detailing numerous allegations against him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163359\/robinson-cnn-first-campaign-appearance-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>alleged<\/a> Robinson made homophobic, racist, and antisemitic remarks on a pornographic forum about a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a member of the [Republican Governors Association] Executive Committee, Governor Youngkin attended an event for Mark Robinson in August and has no plans to further support his candidacy,&rdquo; a spokesperson for Youngkin&rsquo;s PAC <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TylerEnglander\/status\/1838976335609290948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin is the latest in a series of Republicans who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-national-security-matters-infinitely-more-than-its-reputation-with-radical-democrats\/\" title=\"Israel&#039;s National Security Trumps &#039;Reputation&#039; among Radical Democrats\">pulled back support<\/a> for Robinson in the aftermath of his scandal. The RGA recently announced it would let a media buy in the state expire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t comment on internal strategy or investment decisions, but we can confirm what&rsquo;s public &mdash; our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-robinson-vows-to-go-after-cnn-full-throttle-in-first-campaign-appearance-since-explicit-allegations-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mark Robinson vows to go after CNN \u2018full throttle\u2019 in first campaign appearance since explicit allegations - Washington Examiner\">current media buy<\/a> in North Carolina expires tomorrow, and no further placements have been made. RGA remains committed to electing Republican Governors all across the country,&rdquo; RGA communications director Courtney Alexander said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump didn&rsquo;t acknowledge Robinson&rsquo;s campaign during a rally in North Carolina, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) declined to say whether the campaign still endorses Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s up to Mark Robinson to make his case to the people of North Carolina that those weren&rsquo;t his statements, and I&rsquo;m going to let him make that case,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) has also said he will no longer support Robinson&rsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The governor attended the fundraiser as Vice Chair of the Republican Governors Association and will not be offering further support to the Robinson campaign,&rdquo; a Kemp spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has denied the report and called it &ldquo;tabloid trash.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You folks want to focus on tabloid trash, and quite frankly, I am sick of it. And every time I get in front of you, I&rsquo;m going to cut you off and tell you you need to refocus yourself on the issues that matter to people,&rdquo; he said to reporters during a campaign event.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson&rsquo;s campaign in the state was already well behind in the polls, trailing by nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fight-for-educational-freedom-is-just-warming-up\/\" title=\"The Fight For Educational Freedom Is Just Warming Up\">double-digit percentage points<\/a> in North Carolina to Democratic candidate Attorney General Josh Stein.<\/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_1769624\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1769624\"}});<\/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>Youngkin will not support Mark Robinson&#8217;s campaign further<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2346057,"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\/08\/glenn-youngkin-cell-phones-schools-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36091,32258,32603,32076,15109],"class_list":["post-2346055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mark-robinson","tag-north-carolina","tag-political-news","tag-washington-examiner","tag-youngkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/glenn-youngkin-cell-phones-schools-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346055","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=2346055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}