Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson is facing scrutiny after CNN released an article saying that the gubernatorial candidate made 'inflammatory comments.'
FILE - Dr. Chris Cooper says that the remarks allegedly made by Mark Robinson on a pornographic website's message board could possibly end his career. saying that the gubernatorial candidate made "a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board over a decade ago.
" Political analyst Dr. Chris Cooper says that the remarks allegedly made by Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on a pornographic website's message board could seriously affect his career. These are game-changing kinds of accusations and allegations against Mark Robinson. Obviously, things are not looking good for him for the last few weeks. Poll numbers have not been good. It's going to get worse," he said.There's no way anyone in their rational mind could read these statements – could read this article from CNN – and conclude anything other than just disgust," he said. These comments are quickly raising concerns for North Carolina voters on both sides of the political spectrum. "The Republican Party is in a really tough spot. He is the nominee – that is likely to stay the nominee – but he is beyond damaged at this point, so my guess is that the GOP leaders are just trying to figure out what to do here," he said.Robinson said in an X video that he does not plan to drop out of the race following these reports. But if Robinson does decide to withdraw, this could change the dynamic of the upcoming election. "His name would still be on the ballot, but he would withdraw. The state party executive committee – which is about 550 or so folks – would get together, put up another nominee and then the votes that would have gone to Mark Robinson would then go to that person. This usually happens when the candidate dies between the nomination and election day," he said.These are career-ending allegations," Cooper said. "The rule usually is: if there's some, there's more. If he stays in, this might not be the last we hear about negative allegations about Mark Robinson."
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