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MLK Was An Inferior Pastor And ‘Communist,’ Said Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor (www.huffpost.com)

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In unearthed Facebook posts, Mark Robinson also called the civil rights movement “crap” and vowed to work on MLK Day because he’s “not a leach."

Martin Luther King Jr. was just an “ersatz pastor” and a “communist,” and the 1960s civil rights movement was “crap,” according to a series of Facebook posts by Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate to be North Carolina’s next governor.

Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, regularly criticized King and the civil rights movement for years on Facebook ― specifically on MLK Day ― HuffPost found amid a review of his posts. The Black politician also downplayed slavery, rejected the idea that he’s part of the African American community, and attacked the late congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis.

These posts are surfacing at a time when Robinson, who is on track to be the GOP nominee for governor in November, has been trying to soften his rhetoric, and celebrate King and the civil rights movement.

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[-] silverbax@lemmy.world 156 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This man has declared bankruptcy FOUR TIMES. He has been under investigation for the past two years because he used campaign donations to pay off personal debt, among other things.

He shouldn't be anywhere near running a state or in charge of any budget, near a budget, or even be allowed to see a budget.

He has also praised Hitler on social media.

Oh, and he misspelled the word 'leach' (leech) in his post because WHY WOULD WE NEED PEOPLE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT WHO CAN ACTUALLY SPELL SIMPLE FUCKING WORDS like a third grader could.

[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 46 points 5 months ago

What always blows my mind the most is how these people see no issue with filing for bankruptcy (sometimes multiple times), but are against "handouts" like social security and unemployment that people pay into and are earned benefits. The same people that grumbled about "nobody wants to work", but then stole thousands of dollars in COVID relief money they had no right to.

[-] ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago

He has also praised Hitler on social media.

Fucking what???

[-] silverbax@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

Yes, one of his GOP opponents is running ads right now in North Carolina pointing this out.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Huh, I could see a Democrat opponent successfully pointing that shit out in the general election, but in the GOP primary that would probably make more people vote for Robinson.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a guy Trump would like.

[-] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Or at least someone he'd pretend to like as much as he's ever pretended to like someone who is not white.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a fine US Conservative political candidate!

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I can forgive minor spelling mistakes. It's easy enough to misplace a finger while typing. That doesn't mean they think it's spelled that way. But everything else you pointed out is more than bad enough.

[-] silverbax@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I would forgive it, if he didn't misspell words in everything he posts and wasn't running for Governor of a U.S. state. None of the other candidates misspell words in their posts, ever.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 144 points 5 months ago

Get it right, motherfucker. He was a socialist. And he was right.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 97 points 5 months ago

We're talking about people who think giving kids school lunch for free is communism.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago

"Is there Communism in the room with us right now?" is my go-to reply.

[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

Can you show us on the doll where communism touched you?

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[-] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"But it's going to quickly destroy the fabric of the family and the willingness of people to work if we provide assistance to those rightfully placed at the bottom of society!"

-Rich people who opposed the introduction of the Poor Law in Elizabethan England in 1601.

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago

Listen, it is pretty difficult to be able to define all of the words they regurgitate. Do any of us really understand the words that are coming out of our mouths?

[-] Flag@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago

..... yes?

[-] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Ok, well, that’s probably fake news. Pretty sure you are a Marxist Leninist Post-Communism antisemite. I’m trying to think of all of the other words TFG told me to say, but I don’t have time to listen and “read” things.

Wait a second, why doesn’t anyone talk about how Trump did 9/11? Donald Jessy Rafael financed the whole thing. Well, he said he did, repeatedly.

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[-] the_q@lemmy.world 97 points 5 months ago

Hmm... I wonder if Mark Robinson would be able to run for governor if not for MLK. Guess will never know...

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 58 points 5 months ago

White, black, woman, man, gay, straight: It's like upon joining the Republican Party, people are compelled to be grossly wrong on every single issue...

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Uh, a lot like that, yeah.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago

Real life Clayton Bigsby right here.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 24 points 5 months ago

Uncle Ruckus runs for governor

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

Huh, that's exactly what cons said way back when MLK was still alive - that he was a Communist.

[-] MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

He was a party member like me

[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

“Republican”

That’s all you need to say.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Kanyes mentor

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

Fat Kanye said what?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

He knows its gonna be hard as fuck to get elected republican while black so he has to go out of his way to make it clear he hates black people.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 11 points 5 months ago

Those statements were from before he was campaigning, now that he is he's doing his best to say the opposite.

They were an indication of who he is, not who he's selling himself as.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Trying to downlplay his racsim to sell himself as a republican? Bold strategy etc etc

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

Real classy. Still, on par with the current state of the Republican Party.

[-] DrPop@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

It's the term" Uncle Tom," offensive. Because he's definitely fitting that description. I remember learning it from social studies in reference to Uncle Tom's Cabin.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 9 points 5 months ago

Yes, it's offensive.

Also definitely fitting and deserved in this case.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 8 points 5 months ago

The polite term we of the melanated tonage have for him is "house slave", the accurate one using language we shall not mention in polite company

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I like Uncle Ruckus as the more contemporary version. "Martin, I'da shot you myself, but white folk got better aim."

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[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 14 points 5 months ago

If this is what you have to say in N.C. to get elected, I'm really worried about N.C.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

“Vote Uncle Ruckus for governor”

[-] xor@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

i like how his goatee shows where his chin would be, if he had one...

[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Ahh, the George Lucas

I think he chose a goatee to highlight the pursed lower lip indicating simmering hatred that all reactionaries tend to nurture

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Wow. I mean, just. Damn, dude.

[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

He is allowed to have his opinion, of course.

Not a very smart thing to say, given people's take on MLK. Guess he peaked the day before he said this. Specially near MLK Day. Just... Wow.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 5 months ago

Well, he was half right about one thing.

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