GOP Senators Struggle to Defend—But Won’t Denounce—‘Black Nazi’ Mark Robinson
Republican senators couldn’t muster up a simple denouncement on Sunday of North Carolina’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson after a CNN report unveiled scores of his past antisemitic, racist comments—all while their presidential standard-bearer, Donald Trump, won’t say his name.
CNN reported on Thursday that Robinson, under the handle “minisoldr,” expressed his love for transgender porn, his hatred of Jews, and referred to himself as a “Black NAZI” on a porn website’s forums between 2008 and 2012. Robinson forcefully denied the allegations, though he hasn’t shared evidence to support his denials.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) painted the damning report to CNN’s State of the Union as “concerning allegations,” and said that Robinson owed North Carolina voters an answer on whether the allegations were true. He then tried to pivot the conversation back to the presidential race, arguing Kamala Harris has more to answer on her relationship with Jewish voters.