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The North Carolina Democratic Party has a new mailer.
It’s about Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson passing bad checks and not paying his income taxes.
And that’s it. An old story, on both sides of the mailer. No photo of Robinson with Donald Trump, no photos of Mark Robinson with any other Republican statewide candidates.
Robinson’s campaign has been in free-fall for nearly a month after CNN reported he made posts on a pornographic website a decade ago. He allegedly called himself a “black NAZI,” defended slavery, posted about transgender pornography and peeping on women in the showers. He denies it all and sued CNN this week.
Here are the current polls for the governor’s race:
This is a huge lead.
Spending money to discredit Robinson — and only Robinson — doesn’t seem like the best ROI in late October, especially as other Democratic candidates are scrambling to tie their opponents to Robinson.
