The GOP is distancing itself from its controversial nominee for North Carolina governor.

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are ditching Mark Robinson, their scandal-plagued nominee in the North Carolina governor’s race.

Robinson has been battling to keep his head above water after claims that he called himself a “Black Nazi” and made other offensive comments on a pornographic website.

But it appears the national GOP hierarchy are prepared to let him drown. The Republican Governors Association said in a statement that they are pulling Robinson’s financial support.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    76·
    3 months ago

    The GOP seems comfortable enough with Nazis, it’s interesting that the Black Nazi was the tipping point…

    • ganksy@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 months ago

      There is no tipping point. If they thought it might not be enough to sink him they would have kept backing him.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      I doubt any of that was a real issue for them, I bet it’s the now-public enthusiasm about trans porn that they couldn’t stomach.

    • Snapz@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      They say it’s important that you fully accept yourself before you can accept others.

      And when I say “they” I mean big men. Big, strong men on motorcycles who came up to me with tears in their eyes…