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Rhiannon12866

(255,576 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:35 AM Mar 2024

A governor who thinks homosexuality is 'filth'? North Carolina Dem warns of extremist opponent - The ReidOut - MSNBC



Yesterday, North Carolina’s Republicans selected Mark Robinson, a Holocaust-denier who once described the LGBTQ community as “filth” and denounced the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as their pick for governor. Robinson’s Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Stein, joins Joy Reid to discuss the upcoming race. - Aired on 03/06/2024.
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A governor who thinks homosexuality is 'filth'? North Carolina Dem warns of extremist opponent - The ReidOut - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 OP
yet it is adultery that is a stoning- to- death behavior mentioned in the x commandments nt msongs Mar 2024 #1
This guy is already Lt Gov. TwilightZone Mar 2024 #2
+1 peppertree Mar 2024 #3
Among others Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 #6
He seems nice. progressoid Mar 2024 #4
My grandmother retired to Western North Carolina and joined a peace group there Rhiannon12866 Mar 2024 #5
Crazy Rabidness a Direct Result of Fundamentalist Christian Indoctrination MagaSmash Mar 2024 #7

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
2. This guy is already Lt Gov.
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 12:45 AM
Mar 2024

And they knew beforehand that he was a rabid misogynist, homophobic, a Hitler fan and a holocaust denier.

The recent comments are just the latest in a long line.

peppertree

(23,344 posts)
3. +1
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 01:11 AM
Mar 2024

Having grown up in the Deep South, I can tell you that his "Jews are after your children's Shekels" bit probably helped with local Republicans.

Rhiannon12866

(255,576 posts)
5. My grandmother retired to Western North Carolina and joined a peace group there
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 05:18 AM
Mar 2024

I got to know and became friends with most of them, senior citizens and liberals, and I can't imagine what they'd think of this guy, let alone what they'd have to say.

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