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Mark Robinson drops lawsuit over CNN's 'Black Nazi' report

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Former North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 15 July, 2024.

Robinson filed the lawsuit over a report which found his full name, picture, and known email address attached comments supporting reinstating slavery and referring to himself as a "black NAZI!"

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Mark Robinson is dropping his lawsuit against CNN as he seemingly calls it quits on his future in politics.

The former Republican lieutenant governor of North Carolina said in a written statement Friday that it would be "futile" to pursue the case, as "the price we have paid in entering the political arena will never be recognized." He also said that he does not intend to run for Senate or another office in 2026, despite being favored among conservatives to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis.

Robinson filed the lawsuit in October over a report by CNN which found his full name, picture, and known email address attached to a profile on the pornography website "Nude Africa." In several comments, Robinson seemingly expressed support for reinstating slavery, as well as referred to himself as a "black NAZI!" and called Martin Luther King Jr. “worse than a maggot.”

Robinson referred to himself as a "perv" and graphically described becoming aroused by the memory of “peeping” on women in public gym showers as a teenager. He also professed that he enjoyed "watching [transgender slur] on girl porn."

Related: 18 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said

Robinson, who served as the lieutenant governor from 2021 to 2025, was the Republican candidate for governor in the 2024 elections, earning an endorsement from Donald Trump, who referred to him as "Martin Luther King on steroids." The report led to a mass exodus of his campaign staff, and Robinson lost by a wide margin to Democrat Josh Stein, the former state Attorney General.

Robinson repeatedly made headlines throughout his campaign for his contentious remarks about the LGBTQ+ community, as well as anti-Semitic comments including Holocaust denial and promoting reading Adolf Hitler.

Robinson has, among many other examples, said that transgender people should "find a corner outside somewhere" to defecate instead of a bathroom, referred to LGBTQ+ people as "maggots" and "flies," as well as repeatedly referred to gay people as "British cigarettes" in place of a slur. He also believes the "wickedness" of marriage equality will lead to pedophilia as the "next human right."

Robinson has claimed that once a woman is pregnant “it’s not her body anymore," and has called for bans on reproductive health care, including a ban on abortion for "any reason," despite admitting he took his wife to get one early in their relationship. He has called for conservatives to kill their opposition by proclaiming "some folks need killing."

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Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at the age of 15 with her YA novel "Someone Else's Stars," and is now a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics, and the IRE, the society of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Her first cover story, "Meet the young transgender teens changing America and the world," has been nominated for Outstanding Print Article at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In her free time, Ryan likes watching the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild, listening to the Beach Boys, and practicing witchcraft.
Ryan is a reporter at The Advocate, and a graduate of New York University Tisch's Department of Dramatic Writing, with a focus in television writing and comedy. She first became a published author at the age of 15 with her YA novel "Someone Else's Stars," and is now a member of GALECA, the LGBTQ+ society of entertainment critics, and the IRE, the society of Investigative Reporters and Editors. Her first cover story, "Meet the young transgender teens changing America and the world," has been nominated for Outstanding Print Article at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In her free time, Ryan likes watching the New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild, listening to the Beach Boys, and practicing witchcraft.