Top staff in NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's office stepping down
Source: The Hill
09/25/24 11:06 PM ET
Top staff in North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinsons (R) government office will be stepping down next week, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday, increasing the number of aides parting ways with the states GOP gubernatorial candidate following CNNs explosive report published last week.
Robinsons office chief of staff Brian LiVecchi, policy director Jonathan Harris, director of communications John Wesley Waugh and director of government affairs Nathan Lewis will resign on Oct. 1. LiVecchi confirmed the resignations to The New York Times, and WRAL was the first to report on them.
The development comes as a flurry of Robinsons campaign staff have stepped down from their roles over the weekend following CNNs bombshell report where the outlet detailed a number of inflammatory comments that Robinson reportedly made on a porn sites messaging board over a decade ago, including calling himself a black NAZI. He has denied writing the posts.
The lieutenant governor said on Tuesday that he had hired Binnall Law Group, a law firm, to investigate the false smears in the CNN report. A number of Republicans nationwide have distanced themselves from Robinson following the report, with some arguing that he should dispute the claims or halt his gubernatorial run.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4900197-top-staff-north-carolina-mark-robinson-office-stepping-down/
His has to be a record for the fastest collapse of a GOPer, not only of a candidacy, but from his current position as a sitting Lt. Governor!
underpants
(187,358 posts)Heard on local radio.
Ocelot II
(121,493 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,735 posts)The lifeboats are filling up fast. Time to get in one.
Happy Hoosier
(8,558 posts)even a small impact on turn-out could make the difference in NC for Harris.
Marcuse
(8,050 posts)msongs
(70,278 posts)Aristus
(68,621 posts)Doesn't mean it's going to work for everybody.