Mark Robinson Seems To Lash Out At Republicans Who Ditched Him

As his campaign flails, the GOP gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina ranted about politicians who “turn on your fellow so-called conservatives.”

WASHINGTON ― Days before the election, North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson appeared to lash out at the Republican Party for abandoning him amid his controversies, not the least of which are disturbing comments he reportedly made on a porn site.

Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, ripped unnamed Republican politicians during a Friday rally with Michele Morrow, a far-right GOP nominee for state superintendent of schools. After hailing Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War and in world wars, Robinson contrasted them with today’s elected officials, who he said “tuck tail and run” when faced with challenges.

“We have so-called elected officials, people that I call politicians, that are afraid to stand up and fight for what’s right,” Robinson said to a room of supporters.

“As soon as they get a little trouble, they tuck tail and run,” he said, apparently alluding to Republicans cutting ties with him after CNN’s September report on his porn site comments. “They’ll send you a message on the phone and say, “Uh, uh, uh, I’m, I’m sorry, but, uh, uh, uh, I got, I got, I can’t, I can’t supp– uh, uh.’ It makes me sick to my stomach.”

Robinson said when certain Republicans win their elections on Tuesday, they’ll realize they’re not prepared to defend the Constitution as much as defend their own “position of power.”