Trump Plays Dumb When Asked If He’ll Drop His Mark Robinson Endorsement

Former President Donald Trump has heaped reward on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in his bid for the governor’s mansion.

However when requested Thursday if he’d be dropping his assist of Robinson in gentle of the candidate’s porn site scandal, Trump instantly had nothing to say.

“I don’t know the scenario,” Trump said when a reporter asked about pulling his endorsement. He then walked away.

Revelations about Robinson’s on-line conduct have dominated headlines since CNN launched a bombshell report on the candidate final week. It’s unlikely that Trump, who reportedly watched round eight hours of TV news a day when he was president, actually is aware of nothing in regards to the outrage surrounding the person he as soon as known as “one of many nice stars” of the Republican celebration.

Robinson, in line with CNN, revealed on an grownup web site that he enjoys transgender porn, regardless of expressing many anti-trans viewpoints on the marketing campaign path and characterizing transgender folks as perverts sneaking into bogs. The report additionally discovered the candidate admitted in feedback that he’d secretly watched bare girls in fitness center showers when he was a youngster.

In one other remark, Robinson allegedly stated he didn’t care a couple of superstar’s abortion, including: “I simply wanna see the intercourse tape!” In public, Robinson has usually called abortion “murder,” stated he’d signal a six-week ban and, in recordings leaked by an opposition group earlier this month, revealed he’d truly prefer to see a “zero”-week ban.

On the porn website, Robinson additionally referred to himself as a “black NAZI!” and expressed assist for reinstating slavery, CNN discovered.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign stated it was absurd to consider Trump wasn’t up to the mark on the Robinson scandal.

“Trump has been to North Carolina twice for the reason that information broke and remains to be standing by Robinson, even because the individuals who know Robinson finest are abandoning him,” spokesperson Ammar Moussa stated in a press release.

Robinson has both denounced reporting on his posts as “lies” and has additionally admitted the posts “presumably occurred.” A wave of senior staffers on his marketing campaign have resigned within the wake of the scandal.

Earlier than CNN’s report, Trump usually lauded Robinson as an “excellent individual,” a “buddy,” “the Braveheart of our time” and “Martin Luther King on steroids.”

“It’s a must to cherish him. It’s like a superb wine,” Trump stated of Robinson in December.

The GOP presidential nominee was an early backer of Robinson’s marketing campaign, held a fundraiser for him at Mar-a-Lago and gave him a talking slot on the Republican Nationwide Conference.

Shortly after the scandal broke, Trump’s marketing campaign stated any experiences he was planning to drop his endorsement of Robinson have been false and that he’s “centered on profitable the White Home and saving the nation.”