Former President Donald Trump has heaped reward on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in his bid for the governor’s mansion.
However when requested Thursday if he’d be dropping his help of Robinson in gentle of the candidate’s porn web site scandal, Trump all of the sudden had nothing to say.
“I don’t know the state of affairs,” Trump said when a reporter asked about pulling his endorsement. He then walked away.
Revelations about Robinson’s on-line conduct have dominated headlines since CNN launched a bombshell report on the candidate final week. It’s unlikely that Trump, who reportedly watched round eight hours of TV news a day when he was president, actually is aware of nothing concerning the outrage surrounding the person he as soon as referred to as “one of many nice stars” of the Republican social gathering.
Robinson, in line with CNN, revealed on an grownup web site that he enjoys transgender porn, regardless of expressing many anti-trans viewpoints on the marketing campaign path and characterizing transgender folks as perverts sneaking into bogs. The report additionally discovered the candidate admitted in feedback that he’d secretly watched bare girls in gymnasium showers when he was an adolescent.
In one other remark, Robinson allegedly mentioned he didn’t care a few movie star’s abortion, including: “I simply wanna see the intercourse tape!” In public, Robinson has repeatedly called abortion “murder,” mentioned he’d signal a six-week ban and, in recordings leaked by an opposition group earlier this month, revealed he’d really prefer to see a “zero”-week ban.
On the porn web site, Robinson additionally referred to himself as a “black NAZI!” and expressed help for reinstating slavery, CNN discovered.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign mentioned it was absurd to consider Trump wasn’t up to the mark on the Robinson scandal.
“Trump has been to North Carolina twice for the reason that information broke and remains to be standing by Robinson, even because the individuals who know Robinson greatest are abandoning him,” spokesperson Ammar Moussa mentioned in a press release.
Robinson has each denounced reporting on his posts as “lies” and has additionally admitted the posts “probably occurred.” A wave of senior staffers on his marketing campaign have resigned within the wake of the scandal.
Earlier than CNN’s report, Trump repeatedly lauded Robinson as an “excellent particular person,” a “buddy,” “the Braveheart of our time” and “Martin Luther King on steroids.”
“You must cherish him. It’s like a effective wine,” Trump mentioned of Robinson in December.
The GOP presidential nominee was an early backer of Robinson’s marketing campaign, held a fundraiser for him at Mar-a-Lago and gave him a talking slot on the Republican Nationwide Conference.
Shortly after the scandal broke, Trump’s marketing campaign mentioned any experiences he was planning to drop his endorsement of Robinson had been false and that he’s “targeted on successful the White Home and saving the nation.”
