Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has given North Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial nominee, Mark Robinson, a choice in light of a recent report that illustrated numerous accusations against him.
He can either accept accountability for his actions or take immediate legal action against those who reported Robinson’s alleged posts on a pornographic forum.
“If the reporting on Mark Robinson is a total media fabrication, he needs to take immediate legal action,” Tillis said in a post on X.
“If the reporting is true, he owes it to President Trump and every Republican to take accountability for his actions and put the future of NC & our party before himself,” he added.
Tillis is one of two Republican senators in North Carolina and a prominent voice among the state’s Republicans. After a CNN report noted Robinson, lieutenant governor of North Carolina, allegedly posted homophobic, antisemitic, and racist messages on a website called “Nude Africa,” Tillis suggested Robinson’s race was no longer winnable the same day.
“It was a tough day, but we must stay focused on the races we can win,” Tillis posted on X on Thursday, hours after the CNN report concerning Robinson came out.
“We have to make sure President Trump wins NC and support the outstanding GOP candidates running for key NCGA and judicial races. If Harris takes NC, she takes the White House. We can’t let that happen,” he said.
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) commented on Robinson’s allegations Thursday, saying, “The allegations are concerning but we don’t have any facts. So we’re just gonna wait through the weekend, and kind of get everything together.”
There was already pessimism about whether Robinson would win his race against Democratic nominee Josh Stein, who is leading 49.2% to Robinson’s 39.8%, according to RealClearPolitics’s polling average.
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That data is from before Robinson’s recent scandal, which saw pollster Larry Sabato move the North Carolina gubernatorial race from “Lean D” to “Likely D.”
Robinson could have dropped out of the race on Thursday but decided to stay in. The state’s GOP released a statement that day backing Robinson and also saying, “The Left needs this election to be a personality contest, not a policy contest because if voters are focused on policy, Republicans win on election day.”