North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson has been hospitalized following an “incident” at a campaign event Friday night, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
“Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is currently being treated for burns following an incident at a campaign event in Mount Airy. He is doing well,” Mike Lonergan, Robinson's campaign communications director, told Fox News Digital. spoke.
The extent of Robinson's injuries is unknown, and it is unclear exactly how Robinson was burned.
Robinson is the current Republican lieutenant governor who is running against Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein to replace Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. In battleground states, He was recently accused of making controversial comments on a pornographic website.
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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized Friday night after suffering burns at a campaign event, Fox News Digital confirmed. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Mr. Robinson denies the charges. He hired a lawyer who previously worked for former President Trump. Vinal Law Group in Northern Virginia is investigating the allegations raised in a CNN report published earlier this week.
Vinal previously told Fox News Digital that “normally an investigation like this by the Department of Justice and the FBI would take months or even years.” “We can't do that in this case because voters need answers before the election. So we're going to act very quickly and still give them a very robust report.”
“He completely denies ever saying anything in the CNN article,” Vinal said of Robinson. “What I'm going to do with my investigation is follow the facts. We're going to investigate this vigorously. We're going to use every avenue. We're very, very We're going to be aggressive. And the people of the North and the Carolinas deserve a thorough investigation of this issue, and we're going to do that.”
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It is unclear how Robinson sustained his burns. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)
CNN coverage Comments have surfaced in which Mr. Robinson is said to have described himself as a “black Nazi” on a bulletin board on a porn site more than 10 years ago. He said he enjoyed transgender pornography. In 2012, he said he would prefer Hitler to then-President Barack Obama. He criticized the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., calling him “worse than a maggot.”
Robinson has denied making such comments, but Republicans have begun to distance themselves from the candidate who, if elected, would become North Carolina's first black governor. Trump did not mention Robinson, who he endorsed during the Republican presidential candidate's campaign before the March primary and who has spoken at other Trump events. Rally in Wilmington, North CarolinaSaturday.
The “incident” occurred at an election event in Mount Airy, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Robinson previously said in a statement to Fox News Digital about the investigation that “the allegations against me are completely false and were fabricated to distract voters from Josh Stein's disastrous history.” said. “The great people of North Carolina deserve to know the truth, and I am committed to ensuring they get it with full transparency.”
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
