Mark Robinson, North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate, treated for burns, campaign says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: September 28, 2024 / 12:04 AM EDT


Embattled Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson — whose gubernatorial bid has been rattled by allegations that he previously posted racist and sexually explicit comments online — was hospitalized with burns Friday, his campaign said.

Mike Lonergan, a campaign spokesperson, said in a statement late Friday night that the 56-year-old Robinson suffered second-degree burns during an "incident at a campaign appearance at the Mayberry Truck Show in Mt. Airy," a city located near the border of North Carolina and Virginia.

Robinson received treatment at the Northern Regional Hospital in Mt. Airy and was in "good spirits," Lonergan said, adding that he was expected to resume campaigning Saturday morning. No further details were provided on his condition or the circumstances that prompted the injury.

This all follows a bombshell CNN report last week which found that Robinson posted inappropriate comments to the message board of a pornographic website between 2008 and 2012, often under the name of "black NAZI."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-robinson-north-carolina-gop-candidate-governor-hospitalized-burns/

[RandySF]

1. You can't make this shit up.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Self-exile!

[James48]

3. Poor guy.

Burned himself at a cross burning. 🔥

His Tiki torch leaked kerosene on him. Bummer.
I hate when that happens.

[RandySF]

5. Could have been a bonfire.

being a Black Nazi and all.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. "an incident at a campaign appearance" but no one knows what it was?

That's bizarre. The literal point about appearances is that people see you.

Robinson’s burns stemmed from an accident at an automotive show and no foul play was involved, a law enforcement source told CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/27/politics/mark-robinson-hospitalized/index.html

Ruling out, I suppose, a disgruntled campaign worker throwing a cup of coffee at him.

[LymphocyteLover]

8. maybe he put his hands on a hot engine?

[Jack Valentino]

23. We have to presume that it is somehow embarrassing, with his campaign providing no details whatsoever....

Certainly can't rule out Robinson having done something stupid, at this point!

[RandySF]

6. Drug related?

I’ve heard of people burning themselves while lighting up whatever they’re using.

[duncang]

7. What did he do?

Oh, that exhaust manifold looks neat. Can I touch it? I mean it’s got to be something really stupid if they don’t release what he was doing.

[brewens]

9. I had lightning strike in the pool! Frankly, I'm a little surprised it took this long and probably isn't the first time.

[ChazInAz]

15. Love that film!

Chiefly because an old lady friend of mine, Stephanie Faracy, plays John Candy's wife.

[Paladin]

10. Boo-fucking-hoo. (nt)

[wolfie001]

11. I'm thinking he couldn't wait a couple minutes for the pork chops to cool off

[Marthe48]

12. Literally going down in flames

Like the polls aren't enough

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. Were those burns on the palm of his hands?

Just sayin.

[werdna]

14. Could he have mistaken -

- a hot exhaust pipe for a phallus? You know how some truck people like to hang those faux ball sacks off their trailer hitches. One can only wonder!

[Tarc]

16. Meth

It's always meth.

[hadEnuf]

17. Did he finally burst into flames?

[Firestorm49]

18. Hell, I first thought it was a reaction to Ivermectin.

[NNadir]

19. Accident at a cross burning? Did his hood catch fire? n/t.

[jvill]

20. "So I got the books burnin' really good, right, Doc? But then the damnest thing..."

...

[Martin68]

21. Must have been free-basing!

[Fichefinder]

22. Maybe he bought a cheap pager

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

24. 🧯