North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), a leading candidate for governor, “found his efforts to declare solidarity with Israel backfiring — by drawing renewed scrutiny to his long history of invoking antisemitic conspiracy theories and casting doubt on the Holocaust,” Jewish Insider reports.
“Robinson, while briefly serving as acting governor two weeks ago, sought to downplay his past social media comments at a press event held in the state legislature, where he acknowledged that ‘there have been some Facebook posts that were poorly worded on my part’ but stressed that ‘there is no antisemitism standing here in front of you.’”
“Newly uncovered social media comments, however, show that Robinson’s well-documented history of incendiary online activity is even more extensive than his remarks at the press conference suggested.”
