‘Shame Is Dead’: CNN Guest Cannot Believe Republican Senator’s Explanation for Supporting ‘Black Nazi’ Candidate
Republicans in recent days have faced uncomfortable questions about North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, who is hoping to win the governorship as the GOP nominee.
The lieutenant governor was already a divisive figure when he was endorsed by former President Donald Trump to be the GOP nominee. Robinson’s extreme rhetoric proved irrelevant during the Republican primary, which he won easily. But last week, CNN published an explosive report about remarks he made on a porn site called Nude Africa. Across several posts, Robinson described himself as a “black NAZI,” said, “Slavery is not bad,” and wrote in 2012 that he’d “take Hitler over any of the sh*t that’s in Washington right now!”
Robinson, who denies being the poster, has consistently trailed North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in the polls.
On Tuesday’s installment of The Lead, Jake Tapper spoke about Robinson’s woes with Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. The host played a clip of Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) explaining why he will still vote for Robinson.
“I’ve had conversations with him,” Budd told a gaggle of reporters at the Capitol. “Again, they’re very disturbing. It’s up to him to prove to North Carolina voters over the next 40-some days.”
Tapper noted that off camera, Budd stated, “I’m going to always vote for Republicans because we have the best platform.”
“Shame is dead, Jake,” Milbank said of Budd’s decision to back a man who reportedly said he’d rather be led by Hitler than Barack Obama. “I mean, we’re seeing this over and over again.”
“Called himself a Black Nazi, I should remind people,” Tapper interjected.
“Yes, that’s quite important, too,” Milbank responded. “We’re seeing this happen day after day – shame being dead. And on the one hand, it’s funny. On the other hand, you know, look at what’s actually happening here. I mean, I’ve written about this House majority. A majority of them have voted to keep Confederate names on military bases, to abolish the Education Department. They’re on record supporting a nationwide ban on abortion. You’ve got all kinds of, from Speaker Johnson on down, supporting the racist great replacement theory. It’s all fun and games unless speaker Johnson is in power with Donald Trump, and suddenly all these poison pills that we talk about become actual possibilities of being law.”
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