Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Accuses Media of Mischaracterizing His Views – Despite Video, Audio Proof
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson played the victim in his CPAC speech last week, claiming that the media is unfair to him by reporting what he says.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson played the victim in his CPAC speech last week, claiming that the media is unfair to him by reporting what he says.
At a recent meet-and-greet in Rockingham County, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told an attendee that he believes birth control is “being forced on very young ladies” and implied that providing girls with birth control will make them want to have sex.
Ken Fontenot is not a household name in North Carolina. Still, for the people who live in House District 24 – which covers all of Wilson County, plus a small section of Nash County – it’s a name they should familiarize themselves with.
“I would love to get [abortion restrictions] down to six weeks. And I’d like to get down to zero. I would like to push it back as far as we could and eliminate as many abortions as we can,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told supporters earlier this month.
Polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight show that Josh Stein’s “skirt” ad had “a near-immediate impact on Robinson’s campaign.” Stein and Robinson were neck-and-neck until July – after Stein’s ad was released. Some recent polls show Stein up as much as 14 points.
Robinson’s attendance record at various state bodies, including the state board of education, has been spotty. The Military Affairs Committee meets quarterly, and the minutes show Robinson has been absent from every meeting since he took office in 2021.
“Robinson and [Morrow] would support taking millions more of our taxpayer funds and funnel them into private and religious schools for the wealthy,” Democratic superintendent candidate Mo Green said. “Their goal is to defund public education, and I will never support that.”
Republicans, from Trump to Mark Robinson, have been running away from their anti-choice records, hoping voters will overlook their controversial stance against reproductive rights.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is addressing recent ads that highlight his statements on abortion, including remarks about women not being “responsible enough to keep your skirt down.”
“[North Carolina can be] a state where we invest in public education, not one that slashes funding from our public schools. A state where we stand up for our fundamental rights like voting rights and women’s rights, not one that sends us back to the 1960s,” AG Josh Stein said at the NC Democratic Party convention.