Mark Robinson, endorsed by Trump for Governor of North Carolina, called himself a “black Nazi,” endorsed slavery, and described spying on women in public showers in porn forum comments: report
The Republican candidate also attacked Martin Luther King Jr., calling the civil rights icon “worse than a maggot.”
The Republican candidate also attacked Martin Luther King Jr., calling the civil rights icon “worse than a maggot.”
Mark Robinson, who was endorsed in March by Donald Trump in the race for governor of North Carolina, said he supported slavery, called himself a “black NAZI,” and graphically described “peeping” on women in public gym showers on a porn forum called “Nude Africa,” CNN KFile reported Thursday.
The comments were reportedly made “under the username minisoldr, a moniker Robinson used frequently online.” CNN said it determined the username belonged to the gubernatorial candidate “by matching a litany of biographical details and a shared email address between the two.”
On the Nude Africa website in both comments and his profile, minisoldr offered numerous details that align precisely with Robinson’s personal history.
In his profile, minisoldr listed his full name as “mark robinson” and disclosed a private email address Robinson used elsewhere online. In 2012, a user responded to a comment by calling minisoldr “Mark.”
Minisoldr mentioned in 2008 being married for 18 years, which corresponds with Robinson’s marriage to Yolanda Hill in 1990. In 2011, minisoldr wrote he had been married 21 years. Minisoldr wrote in a 2011 post that he lived in Greensboro, North Carolina, the same town where Robinson lived at the time and currently lives.
In a post in 2012, minisoldr said he served in the Army in the 1980s, during the same time period as Robinson. In his sexually graphic comments detailing watching women in the showers in 2011, minisoldr wrote that his mother worked at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU). Robinson’s mother worked as a custodian at North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU located in Greensboro.
Both minisoldr and Robinson often posted about the same topics online, including reviews for remote-controlled helicopters, their attraction to specific celebrities and their favorite “Twilight Zone” episode.
The email address associated with minisoldr on Nude Africa was also used by Robinson elsewhere online and social media. On the commenting platform Disqus, a user who joined in April 2011 features Mark Robinson’s photo under the username minisoldr.
Usernames and email addresses from Disqus were publicly leaked online in 2017, according to the company. CNN confirmed that Robinson’s username minisoldr on Disqus shared the same email address as the one used on Nude Africa.
Robinson’s Disqus page is also linked to the Black social networking site Black Planet. The Web Archive shows a user named “minisoldr” described themselves as 40 years old in February 2009 – the same age as Robinson at the time – and living in Greensboro, North Carolina – Robinson’s hometown.
This is really great reporting too. I just watched the video confrontation between the reporter and Robinson and it was incredible. Robinson made a weak excuse about AI but the reporter gave no quarter and had so many facts on recall.
It was the most satisfying thing I've watched on TV since Vice President Kamala Harris told Donald Trump directly to his, well, ear, that Putin would "eat you for lunch" while he stared dead ahead, unable to even look her in the eye.
Strongmen usually aren't, and it's nice to see that deftly demonstrated every once in a while.
Yeah no, most politicians, regardless of wing, do not spend inordinate amounts of time, over years and years, on various forums on the Internet, all using the same username, and all dropping a fuckton of information in their posts that traces inarguably back to them irl.
Hell, considering their average age and PC savvy, I'd bet most of them have never posted on a forum AT ALL.
P.S. Oh, just noticed "Ghouliani", you're one of those people, lol. I don't know how you guys can even write stuff like that without your fingers seizing up from embarrassment. Lack of self-awareness, I guess.
Presented with the details re: how CNN determined the comments came from him, Robinson responded: “I’m not going to get into the minutia of how somebody manufactured this, these salacious tabloid lies.”
Sure, buddy. Somebody in 2008 spent 4 years writing posts on an obscure web forum using an account registered to your email address, just so they could have a "gotcha!" moment when you decided to run for governor over a decade later.
lol. Your comment would be perfectly appropriate and ignorant in 1938 Germany. I’m sure many Germans didn’t consider themselves Nazis yet were complicit in Nazi actions and crimes. Voting for Trump/Robinson and project 2025 is no different and definitely not “meaningless”.
The political equivalent of the Republican party in Germany is the AfD, rated as a Nazi party and observed by the government agencies because they are a threat to democracy. I would even say that the GOP is actually right of the AfD.
Yes, this implies that nearly half the US votes for Nazis. Yes, they do.
Yeah, even with single issue voters I don't see how...he seems like he's an internet creation of the worst possible candidate to run, with replies of "that's a bit too far, no one would believe that."
Not to mention the Republican candidate called trans people filth, demonized abortion after his wife had one, and was known to spend multiple nights per week at the local adult arcade
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
Donald Trump on Mark Robinson
And to be fair to Trump, it seems like Robinson is comparable to MLK in the sense both of them would be deeply offended by the comparison.
In case anybody's wondering, Fox News currently has this story 27th out of their normally formatted links on their home page, with the headline "GOP gubernatorial candidate vehemently denies graphic allegations, won't exit race".
You'll need to scroll past gems like:
CNN reporter lectures boat-owning Trump supporter on economy — but he isn't having it
NFL Hall of Fame coach [openly homophobic Tony Dungy] posts fiery response to VP Harris' tweet about abortion
Martha Stewart, Ina Garten dish on how decades-long friendship came to an end
He sounds like the kind of Black person white supremacists like: one not only venal enough to carry their flag and accept their instrumental praise, but to demonstrate the sort of stupidity and savagery that reinforces their view of their racial superiority.
and this is why nowadays I use different usernames on EVERY website I register on unless I use my real name anyway and want the things I do there to be associated with me
Yeah, this is the funny thing; in some bizarre future where I run in politics, and someone does discover the weird stuff I've said in NSFW channels, I'd be like; "Yes, this is embarrassing, but still isn't a big mark on my character."
There's a big gap between being into weird stuff that's basically harmless, and actively enjoying the genuine denigrating/harm of others.
This feels a little too perfect and on the nose to me. It's possible that this was someone who did a whole lot of research on him and then hacked this website to inject historic posts. I'm a little worried that this will blow up in our faces.
Please didn't see this as some kind of defense of this man. He's an evil ass that needs to go away. I felt icky even typing that first paragraph, but this train has a lot of steam, and I'm worried about the tracks. I actually waited and debated a long time before posting this, cause I knew it wasn't going to be taken well by the community.
lol. This would be easily disproven and would be a criminal act. Republicans often make these kinds of ludicrous conspiracy claims and it always ends up being projection.
Judging by what they are saying, CNN KFile investigation bases their investigation mostly on "Robinson used ‘minisoldr’ all over the internet". They also claimed to have linked his email, which is slightly sus given that I doubt porn websites are into the habit of making them public. I tried to go over to the one they mentioned and no, it does not scream security, there are BBS better looking than that website, at least their login.
What seems to have motivated the investigation is that:
CNN’s reporting on Robinson’s comments comes a few weeks after The Assembly, a North Carolina digital publication, reported that Robinson frequented local video pornography shops in the 1990s and 2000s. The story cited six people who interacted and saw him frequent the stores in Greensboro, North Carolina. A spokesperson for Robinson called the story false and a “complete fiction.”
So I wouldn't be surprised if it's true, and I doubt CNN wouldn't be making those claims if they could be easily disprove as outright lies.
Judging by what they are saying, CNN KFile investigation bases their investigation mostly on “Robinson used ‘minisoldr’ all over the internet”.
Right, That's what I meant by "Well researched". Someone looking to build this story could have gathered a whole bunch of his common sayings, his user name from other sites, historic information, etc, and using something like SQL injection, added posts that authentically look like they came from years ago. All the evidence they listed really could be handled that way.
Again, I hate this man. He is scum. But there is a slight fishy smell about this story that just makes me a little wary.