Tar Heel Follies
By now you’ve heard there is another hole in Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for N.C. governor. “Martin Luther King on steroids” is sinking even faster as of yesterday. Since he is, of course, unwilling to exit the race, and since it is too late to strip his name from the ballot anyway, the big question is how much of a drag Robinson’s porn habits and Naziphilia will be on Donald Trump’s chances of collecting the state’s 16 electoral votes.
BTW, MLK III is backing the Democrat for governor. Who’da thunk it?
As Digby noted on Thursday, “Trump is terrified he’s going to lose N Carolina.” (Fingers crossed.) He’s up to his neck in Robinson.
Robinson is down double digits in multiple polls against A.G. Josh Stein and already dragging down the rest of the state GOP’s MAGArrific statewide slate. Other Democrats used the blanket coverage of Robinson’s porn-Nazi-slavery habits to tie their opponents to him. They didn’t have to work hard at it.
State Sen. Rachel Hunt is running against Republican businessman Hal Weatherman for lieutenant governor.
Rep. Jeff Jackson is running for attorney general against Rep. Dan “Bathroom bill” Bishop.
Mo Green, former superintendent of Guilford County Schools, is running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction against homeschooler Michele “the ‘+’ in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia” Morrow. She’s called for making money from Barack Obama’s execution. (Pairs neatly with Robinson’s “some folks need killing,” right?)
Sarah Taber eats, sleeps and breaths farming. She’s running for Commissioner of Agriculture against incumbent Republican Steve Troxler. “Troxler’s been our Commissioner of Agriculture for 20 years. Our farm sector’s shrunk by about 25% on his watch,” Taber tweets. “And we’re losing farmland faster than any other ag state. Great work, Steve!”
You get the idea. It would be as funny as this The Daily Show bit if not for these Republicans trying to out-Trump Trump.
Western Carolina University professor of political science, Chris Cooper, offers a set of possible impacts on the state, including the GOP losing their supermajority. (And Dems holding a key state Supreme Court seat, I’d add.)
I can almost taste it.