Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson‘s alleged past adult website scandal has escalated with a new accusation that Robinson praised Nazi leader Adolf Hilter’s manifesto Mein Kampf.
CNN reported on Thursday that Robinson, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump and currently serves as North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, had made a series of disturbing posts to the “Nude Africa” pornography website between 2008 and 2012.
Robinson has refused to drop out of the race and denies making any of the remarks, despite CNN extensively documenting evidence that appears to link him to posts made under the username “minisoldr.” The lieutenant governor has dismissed the report as “tabloid trash.”
Republican North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is picture during a Trump campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina on August 14, 2024. On Friday, following a series of similar allegations, Robinson was accused of previously praising Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” on a porn website.
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In addition to a multitude of posts reported on by CNN, which included Robinson allegedly calling himself a “Black Nazi,” defending slavery, repeating homophobic slurs and fondly recalling “peeping” on women, The Washington Post reported on Friday that “minisoldr” also expressed an affinity for Nazi literature.
“Mein Kampf is a good read,” the Nude Africa user reportedly wrote in a thread on book recommendations. “It’s very informative and not at all what I thought it would be. It’s a real eye opener.”
All of the Robinson-linked posts were mysteriously deleted from the Nude Africa website within 24 hours of the CNN report being published, according to Politico.
Newsweek reached out for comment to Robinson’s campaign via email on Friday evening.
Georgia is considered a pivotal swing state in this year’s presidential election, sparking concerns from some that the Robinson scandal could hurt the former president’s chances of winning the state, in addition to torpedoing Republican hopes of winning back the Governor’s mansion.
Democrats have won gubernatorial elections in North Carolina in seven of the last eight contests, while former President Barack Obama‘s 2008 victory was the only time that a Democratic presidential candidate has won the state in the past 11 elections.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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