North Carolina's embattled Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized Friday after suffering burns during an “incident” during a campaign stop at a truck show.
“Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is currently being treated for burn injuries following an incident at a campaign event in Mount Airy,” said Matt Hurley, lieutenant governor and campaign staffer for the gubernatorial candidate. Ta. I wrote it to X.
“He's fine,” Hurley added.
Robinson, 56 years old; He reportedly burned his hand. According to a Washington Post reporter, the incident happened when he was leaning against a hot truck while attending the Mayberry Truck Show.
The annual event features hundreds of customized semi-trucks and trailers.
A staff member for the lieutenant governor said late Friday night that Robinson was “doing well and is now at home,” according to a Washington Post reporter.
Robinson, who is running against Democrat Josh Stein in the North Carolina gubernatorial race, has come under fire in recent weeks over inflammatory comments he allegedly posted on a porn site more than a decade ago.
Earlier this month, CNN attributed several disturbing posts on the website Nude Africa to the Republican candidate, including a user with an email address associated with Robinson It included a post that referred to people as “black Nazis.”
“Slavery is not a bad thing. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would take it back. I would definitely buy some,” the lieutenant governor wrote in another post. It is said that he wrote
Robinson denied the post and asked a law firm to investigate possible legal action against CNN.
Despite his denials, several Republicans and Republican groups have distanced themselves from Robinson.
Former President Donald Trump, who supported Robinson in the Republican primary for governor, did not mention the lieutenant governor at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, over the weekend.
Robinson's campaign also suffered. wave of staff retirements Ever since the porn site posts surfaced.
Latest RealClearPolitics poll average With less than two months to go until Election Day, Robinson is trailing Stein by 10.9 percentage points.
