In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that's mired Black people in “dependency” and poverty.
  • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
    20·
    4 months ago

    So does this get brought up in debates? Does the press force him to justify his two-faced stance? Or does this just disappear down the memory hole with an AP article?

    Can we get an ad from the “Bobby Newport has never worked a real job in his life!” guy?

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    ah good ol’ mark robinson. blurter of such gems as “if anyone should apologize for slavery, it’s black people,” and “we should read more hitler quotes”

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    7·
    4 months ago

    The corruption is great enough that he was able to climb it step by step to a potential high office. People like this are disgraceful.

  • draneceusrex@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 months ago

    Add to that we have about $1 Billion surplus currently here in NC with so many things that money could help with, not the least in our schools that are at crisis staffing levels…I am sure they will go to vouchers and charter schools instead…