Embattled North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized Friday after an “incident” during a campaign stop at a truck show left him with burns.
“Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is currently being treated for burns following an incident at a campaign event in Mt. Airy,” Matt Hurley, a campaign staffer for the lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate, wrote on X.
“He is in good spirits,” Hurley added.
Robinson, 56, reportedly burned his hand when he leaned against a hot truck while attending the Mayberry Truck Show, according to a Washington Post reporter.
The annual event showcases hundreds of customized semi trucks and trailers.
A staffer for the lieutenant governor noted late Friday night that Robinson is “fine and home now,” according to the Washington Post reporter.
Robinson, who is running against Democrat Josh Stein for the North Carolina governorship, has come under fire in recent weeks over inflammatory comments he allegedly posted on a pornography website more than a decade ago.
Earlier this month, CNN attributed several disturbing posts on a “Nude Africa” website message board to the GOP candidate – including one in which a user with an email address linked to Robinson described himself as a “black Nazi.”
“Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would certainly buy a few,” the lieutenant governor allegedly wrote in another post, according to the outlet.
Robinson has denied making the posts and has enlisted a law firm to investigate possible legal action against CNN.
Despite his denial, several Republicans and GOP groups have distanced themselves from Robinson.
Former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Robinson in the GOP primary for governor, made no mention of the lieutenant governor during a Wilmington, NC, campaign rally over the weekend.
Robinson’s campaign has also been hit with a wave of staff departures since the porn site posts surfaced.
The latest RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Robinson trailing Stein by 10.9 percentage points less than two months out from Election Day.
When you are winning, when you speak the Truth, the minions of the enemy will come for you. May God continue to bless you with Faith, Strength and may He always protect you. I wish you were running in New York, you’d definitely have my vote!!
I am not one to jump on the bus with conspiracy theories, that being said I don’t understand why thus “information ” didn’t come out when he was on the ticket as Lt.governor; and people should care about who is Lt.governor, simply because if the governor in your state has to step down, or is forced out ( forced to step down) then the Lt.governor automatically steps in ,until the next election; we can’t lose this race , people of NC must make a choice ,vote fir him , innocent until proven guilty, or vote a Democrat in and watch your beautiful state change, not for the better ,I can guarantee that; I live in NY and this happened here we had Cuomo who was / is a nightmare however he made Major mistakes that couldn’t be covered up during covid ,and he was forced out by his party ,demons , he is a smooth talker as was his father who was governor of NY a number of years ago ,both nightmares for our state, so our Lt.governor Kathy Hochul stepped in and was pretty quite so people in our state ( mostly the city and the boroughs) actually voted her in, we had a great republican running who came really close , by I belive 5% of winning our very blue state ,his name is Lee Zeldin, he would have never let what has happened to our state ,especially our City , it would have been so different, but she was elected and then people began to feel the pain, she is a she devil, so far left ,if the world was flat she would fall off, she has allowed our great city to be literally destroyed, one of the greatest cities, all because of her radical left policies, I am sure most of you have read about the nightmares happening in NYC and the boroughs; sadly we don’t have a option in NY for recall, so we have to wait until 2026 , to get her out, and I pray people have learned their lesson and I pray Lee Zeldin gives it another try ,I belive this time he will win!! Point is that people should care about Lt.governor, abd if this information didn’t come out sooner ,then right now he is innocent, therefore I urge the people of NC to vote him in , don’t let a demon get into the governor’s office, if Robinson is found guilty then the Lt.governor will step in ,or a special election will be held ,whatever the laws are in your state ,be smart with your vote ,never throw it away to a demon ,on something that supposedly happened over a decade ago ,and still don’t know if it is true!! Think about this if you love your beautiful state!!
Embattled for What, I think the Embattled thing is bullshit
“Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would certainly buy a few.” Seriously? Come on. NOBODY running for office is stupid enough to post some shit like that online nowadays.
Another Fascist Left/Democrat Master Race digital hatchet job on a Republican candidate, plain and simple.
Encouraging to read that folks still receive information with a healthy skepticism. Democrats/socialists/Communists believe getting/holding onto power is justified by any means necessary. They are blood thirsty people in every aspect of their beings: approximately one third believe it is morally right to “eliminate” DJT, ghoulish feminists celebrate ripping apart late term bodies of unborn babies, and most deadly, they like their wars sacrificing young people for their worship of power. It’s the elites vs the people.