Mark Robinson (American politician)

Mark Keith Robinson (born August 18, 1968) is an American politician serving as the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he is the nominee in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election. He is North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor and first Black major party nominee for governor.

Mark Robinson (2022)

Quotes

• Religious freedom in this country now means Muslims are free to do as they please and anyone who says anything about it is a bigot
• Until they let us build churches in Saudi Arabia, we shouldn’t let them build mosque in America.
  • Written on Facebook in November 2016, quoted in "Mark Robinson’s Long History Of Incendiary Rhetoric Before CNN's Damning 'Black Nazi' Story", Forbes (September 20, 2024)

• ["Robinson suggested the Holocaust was a hoax"] This foolishness about Hitler disarming MILLIONS of Jews and then marching them off to concentration camps is a bunch of hogwash.
  • Written on Facebook (March 2018), quoted in "Mark Robinson’s Long History Of Incendiary Rhetoric Before CNN's Damning 'Black Nazi' Story", Forbes (September 20, 2024)

• We now find ourselves struggling with people who have evil intent. You know, there's a time when we used to meet evil on the battlefield, and guess what we did to it? We killed it! ... When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, what did we do? We flew to Japan! And we killed the Japanese Army and Navy! ... We didn't argue and capitulate and talk about, well, maybe we shouldn't fight the Nazis that hard. No, they're bad. Kill them. Some liberal somewhere is going to say that sounds awful. Too bad. Get mad at me if you want to.
  Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it. It's not a matter of vengeance. It's not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It's a matter of necessity! When you have wicked people doing wicked things, torturing and murdering and raping. It's time to call out, uh, those guys in green and go have them handled. Or those boys in blue and have them go handle it. ...
  • Comments at Lake Church, White Lake, NC (June 30, 2024), as cited in "MAGA Gov Candidate's Ugly, Hateful Rant: 'Some Folks Need Killing!'", The New Republic (July 5, 2024)

• Half of black Democrats don't realize they are slaves and don't know who their masters are. The other half don't care.
• We have pushed homosexuality over the top. Mark my words PEDOPHILLA (sic) is next, which will be closely followed by the END of civilization as we know it.
• There's no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth.
• I don't care how much you cut yourself up, drug yourself up and dress yourself up, you still either one of two things — you either a man or a woman.
• Homosexuality is STILL an abominable sin and I WILL NOT join in 'celebrating gay pride' nor will I fly their sacrilegious flag on my page.
• Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it. ... It’s not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It’s a matter of necessity!
  • "17 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said", Advocate (September 19, 2024)

Quotes about Mark Robinson

• We have to cherish Mark ... he's like a fine wine. He's an outstanding person.
  • Donald Trump, quoted in "Everything Donald Trump Has Said About North Carolina's Mark Robinson", Newsweek (September 19, 2024)

• This is Martin Luther King on steroids. I told that to Mark. I said, ‘I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two.’
  • Donald Trump, quoted in "Donald Trump Called ‘Black Nazi Perv’ Mark Robinson Better Than MLK", The Daily Beast (September 19, 2024)

• I am not surprised by Mark Robinson’s alleged inflammatory and offensive comments about my father. His praise for slavery, disparaging rhetoric, and grotesque characterization of my dad and his legacy are deeply worrisome for North Carolinians and all Americans who oppose racism and bigotry. We must work to ensure Mark Robinson gets nowhere near the governor’s office.
  • Martin Luther King III, quoted in "Donald Trump Called ‘Black Nazi Perv’ Mark Robinson Better Than MLK", The Daily Beast (September 19, 2024)

• I won’t be campaigning for Robinson.
  • Thom Tillis, Republican Senator for North Carolina, quoted in "North Carolina GOP senator signals he won’t vote for Robinson after bombshell report", The Hill (September 23, 2024)

• If the allegations put forth by KFile and CNN are false, get a really good attorney, come up with a modicum of evidence that disproves some of it, sue them and settle in court. If you’re not able to do that within a reasonable period of time, then it puts weight to the likely reality that some, maybe not all, but some of these allegations are true, and if they are, they’re devastating and disqualifying.
• It shouldn’t be that difficult to disprove the basis for some of these reports, if they’re untrue.
  • Thom Tillis, Republican Senator for North Carolina, quoted in "NC members of Congress weigh in on Mark Robinson scandal. Tillis issues ultimatum", News Observer (September 26, 2024)

Disputed

Mark Robinson denies making the following statements (between 2008 and 2012); they were reputedly written by a person identified using an e-mail address belonging to Robinson. There also several coinciding biographical details in the "minisoldr" account, a moniker CNN said Robinson had often used online. He says they do not represent his views.

• I am a black NAZI!
• I like watching tranny on girl porn! That’s f*cking hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in! And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!
• I'm not in the KKK. They don’t let blacks join.
• [About then-President Barack Obama:] Get that f*cking commie bastard off the National Mall!
  • "'I’m a black NAZI!': NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum", CNN Politics KFile (September 19, 2024)

• Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it (slavery) back. I would certainly buy a few.
  • "Pro-Trump Republican Mark Robinson Says He Won't Drop Out After CNN Bombshell", Newsweek (September 19, 2024)

• Mein Kampf is a good read. [...] It's very informative and not at all what I thought it would be. It’s a real eye opener.
  • "Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Hitler's Mein Kampf", The Washington Post (September 20, 2024)

External links

• Official Homepage