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Unless you’re deep in the muck of political news, likely, you’ve never heard of Mark Robinson but we’re going to change that today. By the end of this article, you’ll probably know more than you ever wanted to know about the self-hating, bigoted, homophobic, xenophobic, Republican gubernatorial nominee for the state of North Carolina.

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Robinson’s notoriety came largely due to his inflammatory comments about all the culture war talking points that weirdo conservatives are obsessed with. The News & Observer detailed some of Robinson’s most infamous lowlights. Here is what he said about abortion in a Facebook video he published in February 2019:

“It’s about killing the child because you weren’t responsible enough to keep your skirt down or your pants up — and not get pregnant by your own choice, because you felt like getting your groove thing on. And now instead of taking care of that child, you want to kill that child so your life can go on, being on easy street and you can keep running to the club every Friday night.”

Here’s what Robinson told a North Carolina church during a video-recorded June 2024 speech about how America should deal with “wicked people”:

“When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, what did we do? We flew to Japan and we killed the Japanese army and navy. We didn’t even quibble about it. I didn’t start this fight, you did! You want to be left alone, you should have left me alone. We didn’t argue and capitulate and talk about, ‘Well, maybe we shouldn’t fight the Nazis that hard.’ No, they’re bad. Kill them. Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad,”

Lastly, and most damningly, here is what Robinson said during a speech at Asbury Baptist Church in 2021:

“There’s no reason anybody, anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth. And yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like that I called it filth, come see me and I’ll explain it to you.”

Now that you understand who Mark Robinson is and what he believes, you should also know something else. CNN has uncovered some of Robinson’s previously held beliefs before he became so…conservative. Between 2008 and 2012, Robinson frequently visited, commented, and watched explicit adult sex content on a website called “Nude Africa” under the username “minisoldr”.

Back then, Robinson described himself as “perv” and a “black Nazi” and told stories about peeping into women’s showers as a teenager. Despite his hateful rhetoric toward the trans community, Robinson emphatically proclaimed his love for watching trans sex content on the site.

“I like watching tranny on girl porn! That’s f*cking hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in!” Robinson wrote. “And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!”

Thursday, during an interview with CNN, Robinson did the worst job ever of trying to convince the public that none of those comments were made by him.

“This is not us. These are not our words. And this is not anything that is characteristic of me,” Robinson said. Presented with the litany of evidence connecting him with the minisoldr user name on Nude Africa, Robinson said, “I’m not going to get into the minutia of how somebody manufactured this, these salacious tabloid lies.”

Yes, Mark, we know that “us” didn’t make those comments, YOU did. What the hell is talking about “us”? We bet you don’t want “to get into the minutia”, you’d much rather be waist-deep in something else.

Get this guy and all the Republicans like him TF out of here and vote them all out of office on November 5.

After Springfield, Ohio, was catapulted into the national spotlight thanks to a web of lies spun by Trump and his ride-or-die running mate, Senator JD Vance, Vance said that the damaging allegations about Haitian migrants eating pets are stories he’s willing to “create” because some mystery “constituents” swear it’s true.

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“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people then that’s what I’m going to do,” Vance told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.

As previously reported, Trump told the nation that Haitian migrants in Springfield were nibbling on domestic animals like it was a side hustle.

Now, the Proud Boys (aka the modern KKK) are marching, and schools are getting shut down from Springfield receiving bomb threats. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.

But wait, Trump and Vance actually did.

The Goose (And Truth) Is Cooked

The eating/killing rhetoric first started when a Facebook post showed a man casually strolling down the street holding a dead goose, with a caption claiming that Haitians in Springfield were snatching pets and wildlife left and right. The problem is, that the photo wasn’t even from Springfield. In fact, it was snapped 50 miles away in Columbus, Ohio, back in July.

According to USA Today, the man was just walking down Cleveland Avenue with his poultry prize, not bothering anyone, much less decapitating ducks.

The man who posted the picture on Reddit apparently wasn’t trying to stir the pot and the Columbus Dispatch said the man’s reasoning for sharing the photo was because it wasn’t “something you see every day.” Well, he got that right!

Unfortunately, what he didn’t expect was for the picture to be hijacked and weaponized by anti-immigrant conspiracy theorists. Now, USA Today reports that he’s out here regretting his whole life, watching his innocent post get twisted to fit a racist narrative.

Despite no evidence of dead geese piling up on Springfield streets, the internet did what it does best: amplify misinformation faster than you can say “fact check.” Newsweek reports that the claim quickly went viral, and critics pointed out that the lie was about more than just pets. It was about creating a racist, fear-mongering narrative around Haitian immigrants—and let’s be real, Black people in general.

Whether Haitian or not, Black people everywhere became the target of these hateful rumors, all thanks to Vance and Trump’s reckless rhetoric.

Vance Swears He’s “Protecting” Americans (But From What Exactly?)

Now, here’s where things get even more ridiculous. JD Vance, ever eager to play wingman to Trump’s immigrant scapegoating, jumped in on the act. In post-debate commentary, he neglected to divert against Trump’s false narrative. He took the stage during his Senate campaign to make it clear that, in his view, Haitian migrants were illegal, even if they came to the U.S. legally through the Immigration Parole Program.

USA Today reports that he argued that by letting them in, the government was “abusing asylum laws” and putting American citizens at risk. His solution? Ship them out of here in record numbers and “protect” Americans.

But protect them from what exactly? Imaginary Haitian-led pet-eating sprees?

Vance and Trump’s xenophobic fear-mongering not only stokes fear, but also distracts from the very real issues Springfield faces as a city with a growing immigrant population.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Springfield, which has seen a surge of Haitian immigrants in recent years, is already grappling with challenges like housing, healthcare, and job integration. But none of that has anything to do with Haitians eating people’s pets. Instead, it has everything to do with decades of economic struggles in the city, a lack of proper resources, and insufficient infrastructure to support its growing population.

Springfield officials have consistently debunked these ridiculous claims. USA Today states that City Manager Bryan Heck publicly stated that there were no “credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”

ABC moderators of the debate were quick to fact check the lie, yet Trump continues to spew out #fakenews. The whole thing is just absurd.

Haitian Immigrants in the Crosshairs, A Racist Agenda

Let’s be real here. This isn’t about geese, cats or dogs. It’s about playing into a racist narrative that Haitians, and by extension, all Black immigrants, are dangerous. It’s about Vance and Trump stirring up the kind of paranoia that makes average Americans think they need to “protect” themselves from a Black boogeyman.

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Critics have pointed out that this type of rhetoric doesn’t just hurt Haitian immigrants; it puts a target on the back of every Black person in America. Whether you’re Haitian, African American, or Black from any other background, when politicians peddle these types of lies, you become collateral damage.

USA Today reports that Sasha Rittenhouse, a Clark County commissioner, said it best during a city council meeting:

“No videos have surfaced, no pictures have surfaced, no dead geese have surfaced; there’s nothing to substantiate that it’s happening.”

Yet, here we are, with fear being spread across the country, all in the name of political points.

Meanwhile, Trump has promised the “largest deportation in history,” starting in—you guessed it—Springfield, because what better way to show your love for America than by kicking out law-abiding, hard-working immigrants who fled their home countries to escape violence?

Just to spice things up, he threw in a Venezuelan gang takeover in Colorado, for good measure. No word yet on whether the gang is also accused of cooking geese.

On Sunday’s episode of CNN’s State of the Union, JD Vance had a tense exchange with CNN’s Dana Bash who asked him to show the receipts of migrants “eating cats and dogs,” and Vance doubled down, saying he had firsthand accounts from constituents who told him this is happening, though he didn’t provide a single shred of evidence.

“The American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes,” said Vance. “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m going to do,” the Ohio senator said.

When asked about him calling it a “story that he created,” a defensive Vance snapped;

“It comes from firsthand accounts from my constituents. I say that we’re creating a story, meaning we’re creating the American media focusing on it. I didn’t create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into Springfield thanks to Kamala Harris’ policies. Her policies did that. But yes, we created the actual focus that allowed the American media to talk about this story and the suffering caused by Kamala Harris’ policies. Yes, we created the actual focus.”

Final Thoughts, Decapitating Lies

In the end, Trump and Vance’s campaign of misinformation is nothing more than a scare tactic that puts immigrants, Black people, and truth itself in the crosshairs. These lies do nothing to “protect” Americans; they only serve to divide us and fan the flames of hatred.

Next time you hear about Haitian immigrants decapitating ducks, just remember: the real beheading here is of the truth. They think we’re stupid…

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The 2024 presidential election is just 62 days away and the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and 53% of white women’s favorite ex-POTUS Donald Trump is reaching fever pitch. The stakes are high and voter enthusiasm for both candidates is reaching critical mass. For over a decade, the day Americans choose a new leader has been billed as “the most consequential election of our time,” which is equal parts truth and hyperbole. However, Nov. 5, 2024, might truly live up to the political marketing as even “inanimate” objects are weighing in on the vote.

According to a report by Fox Business, of all places, Amazon Alexa has some very interesting responses when you ask…it(?)…her(?)…them(?) about who you should vote for. When asked, “Why should I vote for Donald Trump?” Alexa replied:

“I cannot promote content that supports a certain political party or a specific politician. Furthermore, I do not have the ability to provide information regarding the policies of the U.S. government. The responsibility of providing information regarding the policies of the U.S. government lies with the government itself.”

When asked again, Alexa replied:

“I cannot provide content that promotes a specific political party or a specific candidate.”

However, when asked why someone should vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, well…

“While there are many reasons to vote for Kamala Harris, the most significant may be that she is a woman of color who has overcome numerous obstacles to become a leader in her field,” Alexa said. “Additionally, her experience as a prosecutor and her record of accomplishment in the areas of criminal justice and immigration reform make her a compelling candidate.”

As you might imagine, Trump brown-nosers are losing their MAGA-lovin’ minds and posting real-time reactions to Alexa’s good ol’ fashioned common sense on social media.

Fox Business notes that Fox News Digital reached out to Amazon to inquire about Alexa’s disparate responses and was told by a spokesperson that, “This was an error that was quickly fixed.”

What say you? Do you take issue with how Alexa replied to the question of Trump vs. Harris?