North Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein said that Mark Robinson, the state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, could not exist without former President Donald Trump.
“Look, Robinson exists because Donald Trump has lifted him up throughout,” Stein, the state’s current attorney general, said on Sunday in an interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union. “Mark Robinson could not exist without the support of Donald Trump.”
Stein’s comments come after a recent report from CNN about Robinson leaving disturbing comments on a porn website. Trump held a rally in North Carolina yesterday without any mention of Robinson, who Trump previously endorsed and embraced. Robinson has denied making the comments from the CNN report. Robinson’s email was also found registered on Ashley Madison, a website for married people seeking affairs, which his team has claimed was part of a data breach.
But in his interview with CNN, Stein said he didn’t believe Robinson’s denial because the recent developments are in line with Robinson’s past comments. Before the CNN report, Robinson had previously faced scrutiny for comments on women, LGBTQ+, Jewish and Muslim people, among other comments. Stein noted that the recently discovered comments are similar to what he previously posted on Facebook.
“Mark Robinson is absolutely unfit to be the governor of North Carolina. And that was true before your story broke last Thursday,” Stein said. “The story has only served to underline and put an exclamation point on that fact.”
Stein also added Republicans who supported Robinson need to be “held accountable” — especially as some now attempt to distance themselves.
“Candidates up and down the ballot in North Carolina need to be held accountable for supporting Mark Robinson and being part of his entire campaign,” Stein said. “They have been supporting him, and now it looks like folks want to run away from them. “
As for the effect on the presidential race, Stein didn’t answer whether he thought that the Robinson controversies could help give Vice President Kamala Harris a boost in the state.
“We have so much potential to do better here in North Carolina. But we have to win,” Stein said. “My race is going to be incredibly close. Kamala Harris’ race is going to be close.”
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