Mark Robinson, the Republican in a competitive governor’s race, has declared them and others comparable to or worse than the Ku Klux Klan in social media posts.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson addresses supporters at a campaign event in Faison, N.C., on Feb. 17.
A spokesman for Robinson’s campaign, Michael Lonergan, said in an email that The Washington Post’s and other news outlets’ reporting shows “there is one set of rules for white liberals in the press, and another for black conservatives.”, from 2021, criticized Republican members of the North Carolina education board — which includes Robinson — with an illustration of a white-hooded elephant.denouncing the education board’s depiction.
“When I made those posts as a private citizen, I was speaking directly to issues that I’m passionate about,” Robinson responded at the time. “But as a public servant … I have to put those opinions behind me and do what’s right for everyone in North Carolina. And I’m grown enough to do that.” Doug Wilson, a Democratic strategist in North Carolina who is Black, predicted that voters will recoil as they learn more.Robinson’s critics have sometimes taken his words out of context, fueling his supporters’ common refrain that people are out to smear him. Recently, widely shared video clips of Robinson saying he wanted to “go back to the America
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