SHRED THE EVIDENCE: How Laurie Buckhout is “Fleeing From Mark Robinson”

Laurie Buckhout can't run from her support for Mark Robinson forever

It's been SIX DAYS since CNN broke the story detailing Mark Robinson's unacceptable actions, and Laurie Buckhout is still conspicuously silent.

Last night's follow up report by CNN exposed Buckhout for deleting at least nine separate photos of herself with Robinson, including a post praising Robinson as "North Carolina's next governor."

Meanwhile, Buckhout has continued her complete refusal to call on Robinson to drop out, request a refund for the more than $17,000 she and her husband have donated to his campaigns, or even release the most rudimentary statement condemning his vile statements.

DCCC Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:
"Laurie Buckhout is giving North Carolina families the silent treatment and refusing to condemn Robinson's objectively horrific rhetoric with the hope that the controversy will simply fade away. The last six days have demonstrated Buckhout's utter failure to stand up for what's clearly right, and voters will remember her lack of conviction in November."

CNN: Deleted tweets, canceled events, erased endorsements: How Republicans are fleeing from Mark Robinson
Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck | September 24, 2024

KEY POINTS:

• Republicans running for office in North Carolina and around the country are distancing themselves from Mark Robinson, deleting photos of themselves side by side with the embattled Republican nominee for governor and removing any reference to his endorsement from their campaign materials.

• Robinson has become politically toxic since CNN reported on dozens of inflammatory comments he made on a pornography website's message board more than a decade ago, including referring to himself as a "black NAZI," expressing support for slavery, and making other lewd and sexually explicit remarks.

• At least 10 Republicans and conservative groups have either canceled events with Robinson or erased their digital footprints to distance themselves from the man they will share a ballot with this November.

• US House candidate Laurie Buckhout, who is running in a competitive race in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, deleted at least nine photos of herself with Robinson on X, according to screenshots and a Google cache of her tweets. She also deleted a post calling Robinson "North Carolina's next governor." Buckhout appears to have deleted five tweets in total.

• CNN also reported on Monday that digital ads for Robinson had stopped over the weekend and have not since restarted.