Earlier this month, a handful of individuals connected to the Town of Matthews’ Board of Commissioners Zoom meeting to share public comments. However, the individuals took turns sharing hate speech targeted toward the LGBTQ+ community and the Jewish community.
Mark Robinson has called women “whores,” argued that women shouldn’t be leaders, joked about domestic violence, and defended the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby.
Dubbed “Mark Madness,” North Carolinians and the Coalition Against Robinson’s Extremism (CARE), launched a statewide campaign to educate voters about the troubling history of the Trump-backed nominee.
“Poverty and low wages are violence, a deeply deadly violence,” said Rev. William Barber III. “America must face not just poverty in America, but poverty in America. The uniqueness of the poverty here, which is greater than any of the other top 25 industrial countries of the world.”
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Durham’s historic Black Wall Street district where she announced that the Biden-Harris administration will be awarding $32 million to women- and minority-led businesses in North Carolina.
“Because what would the Dr. King say? That injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere? Yes, we have to be that kind of moral voice that protects that justice and liberty for everybody,” said Rev. Chalice Overy.
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, 216 projects in 45 states will receive funding from the USDA to bring high-speed internet, clean, safe water, and economic growth to rural communities.
Mark Robinson recently complained about the media’s coverage of his speeches. Much like his idol, Donald Trump, Robinson is a thin-skinned master of dishing it out and then complaining about the response.
The Raleigh-based right-wing think tank John Locke Foundation recently released a short film about the 1898 Wilmington massacre that focuses on a “fast-paced love story” between a white couple, and not on the mass murder of the city’s Black residents
In the audio clip, Mark Robinson told supporters there should be “one day to vote” and called the state’s 17-day early voting period “outrageous.”