# Mark Robinson, NC lt. gov. and gubernatorial candidate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 21, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568 "2024-09-21T23:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/1 "2024-09-21T23:19:43Z")
Okay, I know there are other threads about this guy, but let’s just say that I really wouldn’t want to be some other man who happens to be named Mark Robinson right now. And while I don’t believe in kink-shaming, he and that Laura Loomer who some people think may be dating the Dumpster would probably be very compatible, and not just politically. Any North Carolinians wish to comment further? (Or anyone else, for that matter?) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/2 "2024-09-22T01:11:48Z")
Moderating: This is not an appropriate post for P&E but can be reopened in the Pit if you wish. Please PM if you want us to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/3 "2024-09-22T01:12:03Z")
Closed on September 22, 2024, 1:12am UTC ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/4 "2024-09-22T02:04:42Z")
Opened on September 22, 2024, 2:04am UTC ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/5 "2024-09-22T02:05:08Z")
Moderating: At the request of the OP, this is reopened in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/6 "2024-09-22T03:51:06Z")
Since this is in the Pit… Fuck this guy! (But not literally, you’ll probably catch tetanus or something.) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/7 "2024-09-22T04:16:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Since this is in the Pit… Fuck this guy! Not with a stolen couch. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/8 "2024-09-22T04:27:16Z")
I can’t believe none of this was brought to light before he was elected lieutenant governor. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/9 "2024-09-22T17:26:02Z")
During the last gubernatorial race, I can’t remember anything about his campaign, so I don’t think he presented as such an asshole. He’s certainly making up for it now. I can’t believe anyone would vote for him. But then I thought the same about Trump. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/10 "2024-09-22T18:10:14Z")
In genral, state offices are just not under the same sort of scrutiny as national offices. No one cares enough to spend the respurces to go looking. And I mean, I’ve been hugely active here for what, 25 years? And despite never really even trying to hide my identity, I think it would take a lot of investigating to connect me to my posts here (from here to my real life would be easy. Tons of clues. From my real life to here? Pretty tricky unless you had my browsing history. And, again, I dont make any attempt to hide it). I do wonder if the story started on the porn site. Saying “who is this crazy guy?” and finding his is 1000x more straightforward than “I wonder if that guy said crazy ass shit anywhere on the internet”. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/11 "2024-09-23T23:31:45Z")
So apparently almost all his campaign staff quite yesterday (Sunday 9/22). Also the Republican Governors’ Conference is not buying any more ad time in or for North Carolina. And also, Robinson (according to WRAL news) > rejected multiple offers from supporters to connect him with information technology specialists to help the Republican gubernatorial nominee investigate racist and lewd comments on a pornographic website made by someone with a username that [CNN tied to Robinson](https://www.wral.com/story/NC-governor-candidate-mark-robinson-porn-controversy-slavery-nc/21632777/), people directly familiar with the matter told WRAL on Monday. The phrase “circling the drain” comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/12 "2024-09-24T01:18:47Z")
While radioactive and emitting a corpse-like stench. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/13 "2024-09-24T04:38:54Z")
nadaaaaa ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/14 "2024-09-24T21:06:14Z")
No, that’s another Mark Robinson created by AI. The _real_ Mark Robinson has risen over this nonsense and is still Fighting For North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/15 "2024-09-24T21:21:29Z")
I am not a North Carolinian but I happen to be in the state just now on vacation. Driving through I’ve seen a gazillion political signs for Trump and Harris plus plenty for Stein, and just about every race on down through dog catcher, but nary a one for Robinson. It’s like he’s been wiped from the map. I wonder what his former supporters are saying to themselves? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/16 "2024-09-24T21:35:47Z")
Anyone like to fill this furriner in about who Mark Robinson is and what he is alleged to have done? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/17 "2024-09-24T21:51:24Z")
Start here, and hang on tight. > **[Nearly all of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign staff quits after CNN report](https://www.wunc.org/politics/2024-09-22/mark-robinson-campaign-staff-quit-cnn-report)** > > Days after a CNN report about racist and sexual comments posted on a pornography forum, all but a few of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign team quit their jobs on Sunday. p.s. Holy cannoli, he’s married and has 2 adult children! > **[Mark Robinson (American politician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)#Personal_life)** > > 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. > A lifelong resident of Greensboro, Robinson worked in furniture manufacturing for several years before entering politics. He came to prominence in 2... ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/18 "2024-09-24T22:46:51Z")
North Carolinian here! It was no surprise when, given his fiercly anti-choice stance (he wants a total abortion ban), it was revealed that he paid for his then-girlfriend to have an abortion. But it’s simply delightful that a guy who made a name for himself telling women they should _keep their skirts down_ is now in the news for bragging about lifting his wife’s sister’s skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/19 "2024-09-25T15:58:20Z")
> [@ASanders](#): > > I am not a North Carolinian but I happen to be in the state just now on vacation. Driving through I’ve seen a gazillion political signs for Trump and Harris plus plenty for Stein, and just about every race on down through dog catcher, but nary a one for Robinson. I drove through a swath of N.C. last week and was amazed (and gratified) by all the highway signs for various candidates and propositions, including anti-J.D. Vance snark. I don’t recall seeing any Robinson signs (this was before the “black Nazi”/porn stuff came out). The mostly pro-Democrat slant of the signs I saw is probably explained by the route going through/near bigger cities like Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Chapel Hill. It must be nice living in a swing state, if you can tolerate the cacophony. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568/20 "2024-09-25T16:48:32Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It must be nice living in a swing state, if you can tolerate the cacophony. I don’t know if AZ is technically a swing state, but we can’t watch live TV any longer. Political commercials non stop in, say, Jeopardy, first one side then the other. Marines praising Ruben Gallego, marines vilifying him, Kari Lake will save us, Kari Flake will doom us. And of course dueling trump-Harris commercials, often back-to-back. MAKE IT STOP! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-robinson-nc-lt-gov-and-gubernatorial-candidate/1007568.md?page=2)