Mark Robinson Admits Deception Over Racist Porn Site Posts to Shield Trump Campaign
In a stunning revelation, former Republican North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has publicly admitted that he deliberately misled voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign. Robinson confessed to denying authorship of racist and offensive comments posted on a pornography website, asserting that his deception was intended to protect Donald Trump's successful presidential run.
Political Career Unravels Amidst Controversial Online Activity
The spectacular undoing of Robinson's political trajectory began when CNN reported in September 2024 that he had been posting under a pseudonym on Nude Africa, an online porn forum. According to the network's investigation, Robinson expressed support for slavery in forum posts and made numerous inflammatory statements.
Robinson, who is Black, reportedly labelled Martin Luther King a "commie bastard" and suggested that if he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, he would refer to King by a racist name. The CNN report also documented Robinson using homophobic and antisemitic slurs, including exclaiming: "I'm a black NAZI!"
Further reporting by The Washington Post revealed that on the same forum, Robinson had praised Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, describing it as a "good read" that was "very informative and not at all what I thought it would be." He called the book "a real eye-opener."
Initial Denials and Subsequent Confession
When the story initially broke, Robinson vehemently denied authorship of the comments, which were posted more than a decade earlier. In a video posted to X, he declared: "Let me reassure you: the things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson."
However, during a recent appearance on the After the Call podcast with Florida-based pastor Josh Hall, Robinson offered a dramatically different account. He acknowledged having an "obsession" with pornography and sex and admitted that he had denied the reports of his online commentary to protect those around him, including Trump.
"I won't say that I completely lied," Robinson told the podcast. "Some of the things about the whole story – some of it — there's some truth to it." He explained that denying the allegations was "the most expedient thing to do" at the time.
Political Fallout and Campaign Collapse
The discrepancies between Robinson's campaign positioning and his online persona triggered significant political consequences. Top campaign staff abandoned his gubernatorial bid, and Trump, who had previously described Robinson as "one of the great stars of the [Republican] party, one of the great stars in politics," distanced himself from the candidate.
Robinson's confession came after Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor's race by 14 points in November 2024. During the same electoral cycle, Trump clinched a second presidency by defeating Kamala Harris.
In his podcast comments, Robinson expressed concern about potentially damaging Trump's campaign: "I certainly don't want to be the person that costs the president of the United States the election – didn't want to cost anyone else their election. I guess there may be some people that feel like that I did."
Attempted Justification and Mixed Messages
Robinson's confession contained contradictory elements. While admitting to the pornography obsession and some of the controversial statements, he simultaneously suggested that someone might have commandeered his forum account and impersonated him for at least some of the postings.
"There was enough meat on the bone from conversations that I'd had with people, long before I became lieutenant governor, to make those things possible for them to be crafted," Robinson said. "I certainly count them as things that people may have falsely attributed to me, but I don't deny the fact that at some point I said enough salacious things that they could certainly make it seem as so."
He confirmed that allegations about watching pornography and associating with others who did were "absolutely true." Robinson added that he believes people like him, who have struggled with and recovered from porn "obsession," are the best messengers to help others in similar situations. "The only shame in it is staying in it," he remarked.
Defending His Decision to Deceive
When asked if he would make the same decision again to deny authorship of the comments to further the larger political cause, Robinson confirmed he would. "It wasn't about me," he explained. "They knew that they could use me to destroy, the people around me, up to and including the president, they would do it. And so I'd make the exact same decision."
Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, framed his deception as a protective measure: "If I had to ignore the truth at that moment for their expediency, I felt like it was the right thing to do."
The former lieutenant governor's admission represents a remarkable political confession, revealing the extent to which he was willing to mislead voters to protect broader Republican electoral interests during a crucial election cycle.
