Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson was in Wilkes County Monday, back on the campaign trail after a weekend of resignations among staff and a CNN report late last week alleging he made inflammatory posts on porn websites more than a decade ago.
Several of Robinson’s campaign events were canceled last week, but he posted video taken at the Fayetteville Motor Speedway, where he spoke on Saturday, and he reportedly had another event in Boone on Monday night.
Over the weekend four key senior staff members resigned: Conrad Pogorzelski III, general consultant and senior adviser; Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager; Heather Whillier, finance director; and Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager.
In Wilkes County on Monday, Robinson told the press following him that he intends to pursue legal action against CNN and chastised the media for focusing on the story.
“We are not going to let CNN throw us off of our mission, and our mission is to win this race,” he said. “Quite frankly I am dismayed about the fact, as I said before, think about how many people out there right now, right in this place where we are, who are hooked on fentanyl; who are hooked on opioids; and how many will die tonight because of it. Think about what’s going on on our border. Think about what’s going on on the world stage, and this is what you choose to focus on? You’ve got these news cameras, news reporters, pens, pencils, your microphones. This is what you’re focused on. You’re not focused on the things that we talked about standing up there about our economy?”
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