*Donald Trump endorsed North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson for governor at a rally over the weekend, calling him “Martin Luther King on steroids.”
During his speech at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Trump said, “This is Martin Luther King on steroids. I told that to Mark. I said, I think you’re better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two,”
The former president endorsed Robinson in the Republican gubernatorial primary scheduled for March 5th, NEWS.MEAWW reports.
In his endorsement speech during the North Carolina rally, Trump called Robinson an “incredible gentleman” and a “great, natural speaker.”
“On Tuesday, get out and vote for Mark Robinson for governor, Dan Bishop for attorney general, and Virginia Foxx, Tim Moore and Addison McDowell for Congress. They have my complete and total endorsement, get out there and vote,” Trump told supporters in Greensboro, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reports.
Trump says Mark Robinson, GOP candidate for North Carolina Governor, is “MLK Jr. on steroids”
Robinson has said he wants to make abortion completely illegal “for any reason,” mocked school shooting survivors, and said “so many freedoms were lost during the Civil Rights Movement” pic.twitter.com/7WhPeqXzyn
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) March 2, 2024
“What an honor to welcome President Donald Trump to my hometown of Greensboro today! I am humbled to have his endorsement,” Robinson said in a statement on Saturday.
“The failed Biden-Stein agenda of the Democrat Party has brought our country to crisis. We need more bold fighters like Donald Trump. I look forward to partnering with him to take on the failed Biden-Stein agenda, lead our united Republican ticket to victory in November, and get our state and country back on track,” Robinson said.
As NEWS.MEAWW reports, Robinson sparked outrage in 2021 and faced calls to resign after he stated, “There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth.”
He later clarified, “Let me be clear: I will fight for and protect the rights of all citizens, including those in the LGBTQ community to express themselves however they want.”
Robinson added, “That is their right as Americans, and I don’t think the government has any role in telling them otherwise. However, the idea that our children should be taught about concepts of transgenderism and be exposed to sexually explicit materials in the classrooms is abhorrent.”
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