MLK Was An Inferior Pastor And ‘Communist,’ Said Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor
MLK Was An Inferior Pastor And ‘Communist,’ Said Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor
In unearthed Facebook posts, Mark Robinson also called the civil rights movement “crap” and vowed to work on MLK Day because he’s “not a leach."
In unearthed Facebook posts, Mark Robinson also called the civil rights movement “crap” and vowed to work on MLK Day because he’s “not a leach."
Martin Luther King Jr. was just an “ersatz pastor” and a “communist,” and the 1960s civil rights movement was “crap,” according to a series of Facebook posts by Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate to be North Carolina’s next governor.
Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, regularly criticized King and the civil rights movement for years on Facebook ― specifically on MLK Day ― HuffPost found amid a review of his posts. The Black politician also downplayed slavery, rejected the idea that he’s part of the African American community, and attacked the late congressman and civil rights icon, John Lewis.
These posts are surfacing at a time when Robinson, who is on track to be the GOP nominee for governor in November, has been trying to soften his rhetoric, and celebrate King and the civil rights movement.
This man has declared bankruptcy FOUR TIMES. He has been under investigation for the past two years because he used campaign donations to pay off personal debt, among other things.
He shouldn't be anywhere near running a state or in charge of any budget, near a budget, or even be allowed to see a budget.
He has also praised Hitler on social media.
Oh, and he misspelled the word 'leach' (leech) in his post because WHY WOULD WE NEED PEOPLE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT WHO CAN ACTUALLY SPELL SIMPLE FUCKING WORDS like a third grader could.
173What always blows my mind the most is how these people see no issue with filing for bankruptcy (sometimes multiple times), but are against "handouts" like social security and unemployment that people pay into and are earned benefits. The same people that grumbled about "nobody wants to work", but then stole thousands of dollars in COVID relief money they had no right to.
54Sounds like a guy Trump would like.
28Or at least someone he'd pretend to like as much as he's ever pretended to like someone who is not white.
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Sounds like a fine US Conservative political candidate!
11I can forgive minor spelling mistakes. It's easy enough to misplace a finger while typing. That doesn't mean they think it's spelled that way. But everything else you pointed out is more than bad enough.
8I would forgive it, if he didn't misspell words in everything he posts and wasn't running for Governor of a U.S. state. None of the other candidates misspell words in their posts, ever.
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FYI, the leach is the trailing edge of a sail. Not that I think he knows that, but maybe his spellcheck does. Doesn’t excuse the rest….
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Get it right, motherfucker. He was a socialist. And he was right.
147We're talking about people who think giving kids school lunch for free is communism.
106"But it's going to quickly destroy the fabric of the family and the willingness of people to work if we provide assistance to those rightfully placed at the bottom of society!"
-Rich people who opposed the introduction of the Poor Law in Elizabethan England in 1601.
21giving kids lunch for free is communism
People think absurd things like that because of racism.
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Hmm... I wonder if Mark Robinson would be able to run for governor if not for MLK. Guess will never know...
101White, black, woman, man, gay, straight: It's like upon joining the Republican Party, people are compelled to be grossly wrong on every single issue...
64Uh, a lot like that, yeah.
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Huh, that's exactly what cons said way back when MLK was still alive - that he was a Communist.
53He was a party member like me
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Fat Kanye said what?
53Real life Clayton Bigsby right here.
44Uncle Ruckus runs for governor
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“Republican”
That’s all you need to say.
35Kanyes mentor
34He knows its gonna be hard as fuck to get elected republican while black so he has to go out of his way to make it clear he hates black people.
33Those statements were from before he was campaigning, now that he is he's doing his best to say the opposite.
They were an indication of who he is, not who he's selling himself as.
13Trying to downlplay his racsim to sell himself as a republican? Bold strategy etc etc
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Real classy. Still, on par with the current state of the Republican Party.
31"vowed to work on MLK Day because he’s “not a leach.""
I just can't stop laughing at this.
29rejected the idea that he’s part of the African American communityWhatever is going on here is definitely a "him" thing.
27It's the term" Uncle Tom," offensive. Because he's definitely fitting that description. I remember learning it from social studies in reference to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
24Yes, it's offensive.
Also definitely fitting and deserved in this case.
9I like Uncle Ruckus as the more contemporary version. "Martin, I'da shot you myself, but white folk got better aim."
8God he's such an amazingly written character. "I got revitilago, each year I get blacker dahker,". Also everyone knows who he is.
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Jesus was a communist then I guess.
19Shhhh... Don't let the evangelicals hear you say that
6The guy giving away loaves and fishes? I'm shocked
4[Insert "Yes" meme here]
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If this is what you have to say in N.C. to get elected, I'm really worried about N.C.
17This is what concerns you? Not the thousands of other much more relevant issues? Some wanna-be blowhard class and race traitor?
-28You can be concerned about a disease based on its symptoms.
31He is part of the overall problem. The fuck are you talking about?
14...Yes, cause that means the base he is working with to get elected is one he thinks wants to hear this.
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The Governor then added "And his shoes were wack too!"
14Hehe are you referencing the Boondocks episode? I happened to watch that just a few days ago, and it was brilliant.
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“Vote Uncle Ruckus for governor”
13We're still going with the red scare? I'm from Central America, and the same Americans who glassed my homeland to keep Russians out of the western hemisphere, now suck Putin's dick.
12i like how his goatee shows where his chin would be, if he had one...
10Damn, why you gotta be angry, uncle?
8He is allowed to have his opinion, of course.
Not a very smart thing to say, given people's take on MLK. Guess he peaked the day before he said this. Specially near MLK Day. Just... Wow.
5Well, he was half right about one thing.
4Yah know I had a black american cop poison my dog in my yard exactly one year ago today.
leaves me conflicted on this day.
2Conflicted? That would leave me as an arsonist at the very least.
6What's the conflict? KRS-One - Black Cop
4"ACAB" doesn't see skin color.
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They must have bleached him.
0Mark Robinson should be lynched for making such disgustingly revolting statements. HE himself is an inferior human being and a pile of brown-colored dog crap. MLK was smart and progressive, two things that scare the shit out of shit-colored ignoramuses like Mark Robinson. MLK was assassinated by mentally ill bigots with no moral values of any kind.
-11Mark Robinson should be lynched…
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Permanently Deleted
-24Define "commie".
7He was the first guy to ever stand up on a bus.
Before that, if they ran out of seats, you had to wait for the next one.
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