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Republican
North
Carolina
gubernatorial
candidate
Mark
Robinson
has
been
in
the
news
lately
for
all
the
wrong
reasons.
The
beleaguered
politician
faced
calls
to
drop
out
of
the
race
in
advance
of
a
bombshell
report
from
CNN
documenting
some
wild
comments
allegedly
made
by
Robinson
over
a
decade
ago
on
a
porn
website.
The
commentary
is
alleged
to
include
Robinson
calling
himself
a
“black
Nazi,”
saying
he
prefers
Hitler
over
Barack
Obama,
taking
a
bold
pro-slavery
stance,
and
calling
Martin
Luther
King
“worse
than
a
maggot.”
Since
then,
Robinson’s
support
has
tanked
as
Republicans
have
deleted
social
media
posting
supporting
him,
endorsements
have
been
yanked,
and
events
are
being
canceled.
But
Robinson
isn’t
just
taking
the
L.
He’s
fighting
back
against
the
“salacious
lies.”
And
he’s
bringing
on
a
MAGA
attorney
to
do
it.
As
Robinson
wrote:
“I
will
not
let
these
attacks
distract
us
from
sharing
a
better
future
for
our
state,
and
I’m
glad
to
be
able
to
bring
Jesse
Binnall
and
his
team
on
board
to
investigate
where
and
how
these
false
smears
originated.
I
am
confident
that
Binnall
Law
Group
will
leave
no
stone
unturned
and
enable
us
to
use
every
legal
means
to
hold
CNN
accountable
for
their
lies.”
Binnall
is
a
regular
lawyer
on
right-wing
cases,
previously
representing
Mike
Flynn
and
former
ASS
Law
professor
Joshua
Wright.
He’s
also
directly
advanced
former
president
Donald
Trump’s
interests
as
a
member
of
the
dubious
Kraken
legal
team
and
represented
Trump
in
various
legal
battles,
frequently
unsuccessfully.
Meanwhile,
the
scandal
has
already
apparently
had
an
impact
with
voters.
On
Friday,
Cook
Political
Report
shifted
its
rating
for
the
North
Carolina
governor’s
race
from
“lean
Democrat”
to
“likely
Democrat.”
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
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