{"id":2346668,"date":"2024-09-27T10:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-robinsons-wife-reacts-after-bombshell-allegations-forget-what-youve-heard-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:07:32","slug":"mark-robinsons-wife-reacts-after-bombshell-allegations-forget-what-youve-heard-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-robinsons-wife-reacts-after-bombshell-allegations-forget-what-youve-heard-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Robinson\u2019s wife reacts after bombshell allegations: \u2018Forget what you\u2019ve heard\u2019 &#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%2Fmark-robinsons-wife-reacts-after-bombshell-allegations-forget-what-youve-heard-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=2346668&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 article discusses how Yolanda Robinson, the wife of \u2064North \u2063Carolina&#8217;s Lieutenant\u200c Governor Mark Robinson, has come to his defense \u200camid allegations of \u2063inappropriate comments he allegedly made on a pornography forum over a \u2064decade ago. These comments, which include racist, sexist, and pro-slavery remarks, have undermined \u2062his gubernatorial campaign and led to diminishing support from the\u200b Republican Party. In a video posted on social media, Yolanda expresses her support \u2063for her husband, describing him as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-is-willingly-funding-the-biden-regimes-authoritarianism\/\" title=\"Johnson willingly supports Biden&#039;s authoritarian regime\">loving family man<\/a> who desires to serve as governor. She urges viewers to\u200c dismiss the negative portrayals of him, asserting that the public \u200bdoesn&#8217;t know the\u200d Mark Robinson she knows. The controversy surrounding Robinson has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-investigations-persist-in-speakerless-house-without-one-key-tool\/\" title=\"Biden investigations continue in House without crucial tool.\">drawn significant media attention<\/a>, especially following a CNN report detailing the accusations \u2062against him.  <\/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\">Mark Robinson&rsquo;s wife tries to rescue embattled campaign: &lsquo;Forget what you&rsquo;ve heard&rsquo;<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>North Carolina<\/a> second lady Yolanda Robinson mounted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-mad-and-megalomania-intersect-in-the-nuclear-age\/\" title=\"When MAD And Megalomania Intersect In The Nuclear Age\">spirited defense<\/a> of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-robinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>husband<\/a> as he stands accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-want-to-kill-my-first-jew-jewish-man-violently-assaulted-in-london\/\" title=\"&#039;I Want to Kill My First Jew&#039;: Jewish Man Violently Assaulted in London\">making lewd<\/a> and racist comments on a pornography forum over a decade ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson&rsquo;s gubernatorial campaign struggling to retain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP<\/a> support after the publication of the allegations, his wife of over three decades took to social media with a message of support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mark has been a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather, always being there for our children and grandchildren,&rdquo; the second lady <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/markrobinsonNC\/status\/1839462207941120078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said <\/a>in a video posted to X on Thursday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Facing the camera, she told viewers to &ldquo;forget what you have heard&rdquo; before a montage of clips recounted the fallout her husband experienced with Republican colleagues after reportedly making pro-slavery, antisemitic, and sexist comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, there&rsquo;s the Mark Robinson they show. Then, there&rsquo;s the Mark Robinson that I know,&rdquo; his wife continued during the roughly two-minute video. &ldquo;The Mark Robinson that I know is a man who cares deeply, fights relentlessly, and wants nothing more than to serve you as the next governor of North Carolina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message from North Carolina Second Lady, Yolanda Robinson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GD3KB1wcPd\">https:\/\/t.co\/GD3KB1wcPd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDuvzOlBiX\">pic.twitter.com\/BDuvzOlBiX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markrobinsonNC\/status\/1839462207941120078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 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>A 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> published Sept. 19 alleged the lieutenant governor made a host of remarks on a pornography forum, &ldquo;Nude Africa,&rdquo; that cost him vital GOP support. Some of his alleged comments advocated a return to slavery. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a black Nazi,&rdquo; he allegedly said. Other sexually graphic remarks dwelled on an affinity for transgender pornography and &ldquo;peeping&rdquo; on girls in gym showers as a teenager.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robinson kisses his wife, Yolanda Hill Robinson, after speaking at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-law-grants-ariz-businesses-power-to-opt-out-of-any-city-county-or-state-mask-order\/\" title=\"New law grants Ariz. businesses power to opt out of any city, county or state mask order\">election night event<\/a> in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Chuck Burton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Although Mark Robinson has defiantly knocked what he describes as &ldquo;tabloid trash,&rdquo; the story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3165357\/mark-robinson-faces-novel-attack-parody-group-ai-satire-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>threatened<\/a> to derail his gubernatorial ambitions as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163824\/gop-gubernatorial-leaders-kemp-lee-pull-support-robinson-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>top Republican leaders<\/a> backed away from their embattled colleague. On Wednesday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) followed suit as he pulled his support from Mark Robinson&rsquo;s campaign against North Carolina Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Robinson has repeatedly accused Stein of &ldquo;working hand-in-hand&rdquo; with the media to topple his campaign by focusing on &ldquo;salacious lies.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second lady used her video Thursday to reiterate her husband&rsquo;s claims.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Make no mistake, Josh Stein and his friends are attacking Mark to distract you from his record,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Give him a chance. I sure did. And it&rsquo;s the best decision I&rsquo;ve ever made.&rdquo;<\/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>Yolanda Robinson defends her husband amid lewd comments scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2346669,"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\/Robinson-Wife.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41844,36091,4133,32076,41843],"class_list":["post-2346668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bombshell-allegations","tag-mark-robinson","tag-news","tag-washington-examiner","tag-wife-reaction"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robinson-Wife.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346668","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}