North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. (Screenshot via WRAL YouTube)
In a recent speaking engagement at a local church, North Carolina’s Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson called LGBTQ people “filth.” In a video shared by People for the American Way’s Right Wing Watch project, Robinson is heard telling the audience that Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught “filth.”
“There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth,” Robinson says. “Yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like it that I called it filth, come see me and I’ll explain it to you.”
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says Christians must take control of public schools because children are being abused by being taught “filth”: “There’s no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth.” pic.twitter.com/aXjCPFKTs0
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 6, 2021
The State Senator for North Carolina’s 37th District, Jeff Jackson, who is also a Major in the Carolina National Guard and a candidate for the U.S. Senate wrote a series of tweets regarding Robinson’s tirade.
“And I really can’t stand bullies. That’s all this man is. When you stand up to bullies, you catch them by surprise. They count on people stepping aside. That’s not going to happen here. Please join me in letting him know.”
“To our LGBTQ friends who were the targets of this discrimination, you’ve had to put up with this hate for far too long. This kind of behavior should be part of our past, not our present. We’re going to prevail over it, again, and move closer to full equality and dignity.”
To our LGBTQ friends who were the targets of this discrimination, you’ve had to put up with this hate for far too long.
This kind of behavior should be part of our past, not our present.
We’re going to prevail over it, again, and move closer to full equality and dignity.
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) October 7, 2021
“Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson, just angrily referred to the LGBTQ community as “filth.” Then he says, “Yes, I called it filth.” There’s no debate here. This is open discrimination. It is completely unacceptable. Mark Robinson should resign. But the fact that he feels comfortable saying this – confident that not a single elected member of his party will stand up to him, as none have – is why this is about more than just him. There’s no shortage of enabling going on here,” Senator Jackson wrote.
North Carolina’s Lt. Governor, Mark Robinson, just angrily referred to the LGBTQ community as “filth.”
Then he says, “Yes, I called it filth.”
There’s no debate here. This is open discrimination. It is completely unacceptable.
Mark Robinson should resign. pic.twitter.com/rUhzXZm8Jd
— Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) October 7, 2021
