Republicans in N.C. bracing for damaging story on gubernatorial candidate

[Dulcinea]

(Washington Post) Republicans in North Carolina were bracing Thursday for what some anticipated would be a damaging CNN story on Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor in North Carolina, with less than two months before the election, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

“For the sake of the party, for the sake of our down-ballot races … and for the sake of Donald Trump’s victory in North Carolina, I think Mark Robinson needs to drop out,” said Jonathan Bridges, who managed the campaign of one of Robinson’s rivals in the GOP primary, former congressman Mark Walker.

Few seemed to know what the new information would entail, but Republican officials, including some working on behalf of Trump’s presidential campaign, were pressuring Robinson to withdraw from the race, according to multiple political professionals in the state who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly.

“[Republican] establishment is reeling and trying to figure out what to do,” one political operative in the state said in a text message. “Robinson is defiant and says he’s staying in.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/19/mark-robinson-north-carolina-governor/

[MaryMagdaline]

1. Thoughts and prayers for our Republican brethren

[PedroXimenez]

2. my speculation

the actual story will turn out to be not much worse than what we already know about him. This is just the Trump campaign wanting to get rid of him because he will hurt Trump. Maybe they saw polls showing him having a big impact.

[brewens]

3. One of things that kills me about Clearance Thomas was the people that so adamantly defended his moral

character. As if it was unthinkable that a conservative judge of his stature could be a perverted freak.

Anyone that had been around much knew that guys like that were a dime a dozen. As recently as 2016 I worked with a creep that used hugs as an excuse for cheap gropes. He got in trouble and even used the excuse of coming from a very affectionate family that hugs a lot. I'm not making that up. That's probably in almost every fucking sexual harassment training film.

[Gore1FL]

4. Given everything else the dumbass has said and given what the national ticket has said in the past,

This has to be pretty damning.

[Dulcinea]

5. Party at Diddy's?

Ewww.