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NC-Gov: Charlamagne Tha God Slams "Donkey" Robinson (R) For Saying Black People Owe U.S. Reparations [1]

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Date: 2023-05-03

Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R. NC)

In case you didn’t know about this:

I have mixed feelings about Charlamagne Tha God but I’ll tip my hat to him on this one:

x YouTube Video “…Mark could make history as the first Black governor in North Carolina, a state that is almost 67% White and a little over 21% Black. But he’s a Republican, so he don’t really give a damn about any Black votes. Okay? The Republican party in North Carolina is 89% White. And I was looking at some stats from October 29th, 2022, and North Carolina had about 7.4 million registered voters…So Mark probably feels like ‘I’m Republican. All I need is these White folks,'” Charlamagne added. He played a clip of a speech Robinson gave in 2021 at the North Carolina Republican Party State Convention, where he addressed the topic of reparations. “There’s some people that were talking about reparations in this country. They wanted reparations. Nobody owes you anything for slavery. If you want to tell the truth about it, it is you who owes. It’s you who owes because somebody in those fields took stripes for you. Somebody after those fields were ended and slavery was ended, somebody had to walk through Jim Crow for you. Somebody fought wars and died for you…” Robinson said at the time. “…Nobody owes you anything. If anybody owes — it’s you,” Robinson reiterated at the end of the clip. The video switched back to show Charlamagne’s reaction. “It don’t matter if North Carolina is a red or a blue state. If Mark Robinson becomes governor, you can guarantee it won’t be a Black state,” he said. “All right? All those things he spoke on, you know, the people who fought during civil rights, the brothers and sisters civil rights marches, who went through the hell called ‘Bloody Sunday’ for us to get a sliver of freedom. They’re part of the reason we are owed.” “Yes, we owe them, but not the way this country owes us. And we repaid them for fighting for what so many of them came to want. And that is reparations. Okay? Mark Robinson telling Black people that we owe reparations is like when your parents used to tell you they were beating our ass for our own good,” Charlamagne concluded.

Former president Donald Trump and current North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson maintain a wide lead in the 2024 Republican primary. This is according to polling by the John Locke Foundation and Civitas. Of likely GOP primary voters in the state, 55% said they would cast a vote for Trump if the presidential primary were held today. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is Trump’s closest competitor. But there is a wide gap between the two as 22% of likely voters said they favor DeSantis. Coming in at 4th and 5th place are Vice President Mike Pence at 8% and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley at 5%. Donald Trump’s lead comes from the support of voters who are 18-34 years old and those 65 and older. The poll found support dropping significantly in voters who are 35 to 64 years old. In the Republican primary race for North Carolina governor, current Lt. Governor Mark Robinson leads with 43% of the vote. Comparatively, 9% of likely voters threw their support behind former Congressman Mark Walker with 8% supporting State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. Additionally, 4% said they’d vote for State Treasurer Dale Folwell.

Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate, Josh Stein (D. NC) has already been going after Robinson:

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