Good evening. I'm kaitlan collins and sources across the political spectrum tonight say the republican party has a major problem on its hands with potential implications for the presidential race. And donald trump, cnn's kfile has uncovered a slew of posts made by the republican nominee for governor of north carolina, mark robinson. You see him here in just 48 hours before trump is scheduled to return to that critical battleground, he and the rest so bus or finding out that the candidate that he endures posted dozens of disturbing comments on a porn forum between the year 2008 and 2012. Mark robinson calling himself and his own words, a perv writing that many things that are two to sexual in nature and friends great to explicit for me to even read on tv. But i will say this about what robinson wrote. He said that he enjoyed transgender pornography, despite the antitrans rhetoric that he's been using lately, and there were also racist and antisemitic statements included in that like when robinson caught himself. And these are his words again, a black nazi in 2010 he also said that year that he supported reinstating slavery. Writing quote, slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would certainly buy a few now before this report came out, but after robinson's other offensive comments to be clear, trump previously praised him as the martin luther king on steroids tonight in response to this reporting by kfile robinson is denying it all saying that it's not him. And also saying he won't withdraw from the race this is not us. These are not our words and this is not anything that is characteristic of me nor has it ever has it ever been. This is not things that we will ever say or even thing how can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you look, i'm not going to get into the minutia of house on my manufacturer this all these salacious tabloid lives, but i can tell you this. There's been over $1 million spent on me through ai by billionaire son who's bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do with the internet. Now this incredible heard there was a featured speaker at the republican national convention not long ago with trump calling him one of the greatest, great leaders in our country. Trump is not saying that tonight. And then actually the trump campaign statement doesn't even mention robinson by name. I will note his campaign did not invite mark robinson to trump's rally there on saturday, despite the lieutenant governor of being at most, if not all of trump's recent north carolina events. Three senior trump advisers tell cnn tonight that there have been no efforts on their behalf to pressure robinson to withdraw from the governors race? my political sources are here tonight. They are the former republican congressman adam kinzinger, who has endorsed vice president harris. I should note, california congressman and a surrogate for the harris campaign representative, ro khanna and cnn's senior political commentator, scott jennings and congressman kinzinger. Let me just start with you. When you hear what mark robinson that is saying, they're injured, kaczynski after this report you know, trying to argue that it's ai or internet generated. I mean, what do you make of his response to this report? i guess in the era of, you know everybody doubles down, nobody admits mistakes or fault. It's, it's to be expected. I hope nobody actually buys that. His argument there the sad thing is there are many people that will still probably vote for him. I read one of the just before we got on one of the posts that cnn isn't showing. And i got to tell you it's, it's beyond anything. I even imagined what this in terms of its, how disturbing it is. And so look, he's again, he's made the decision to stay in and i guess he has till midnight to drop out. He's obviously not going to do this. This is devastating from a campaign perspective. Obviously, he'll lose north carolina. But the truth from campaign ought to be very concerned because if there are well. And when you get, say it on cable news, obviously it's pretty bad. It's just that explicit and i should note that a scott the nc gop just put out a statement a few moments ago and i was curious how they would respond and they're saying that robinson church should stay in this race. I'm quoting them now they say, the lufkin tried to smear mark robinson. All they want. But when voters go to the polls on election day, they are going to be asking one simple question. Are you better off now than you were? four years ago? i mean, this is not a smear by the left. This is a reporter who uncovered comments that he made as a grown man. What do you make of the state parties sticking by standing by mark robinson. Oh, a political party standing by the nominee of a party. I'm not surprised by that. I mean, i would be pretty shocking. Actually, if a party decided to throw their candidate off the ballot, although it did happen one time and one other races summer that we've covered i think in the case of north carolina, what are the questions i have, number one, it was mark robinson likely to win in the first place? the answer is no. He was competitive, but i think not likely to win. This door does not make it any easier, of course, because of what adam just said. I mean, it's pretty pretty rough stuff. Number two, regarding the issues will it affect donald trump? i would just note in the last two elections democrat won governor trump still won the state. I don't think it works that way. And whether this hurts mark robinson or doesn't or heard some a little hurts him a lot. I don't really think it's going to have any impact on donald trump whatsoever. He endorses a lot of republicans. In fact, he endorses as most republicans. And i don't think he owns the oppo file on every single person that he endorses any more than any other national figure does when they support the people in their party. So i think the trump campaign feels good about what it's doing in north carolina. They feel good about their apparatus. Robinson may have his own problems, but i really don't think it's going to impact trump and i'll just add one other thing, andy it's a good reporter and all year long, he has been doing lots of reporting on both parties, including a lot of reporting on kamala harris and people like me have come on here and touted that reporting is important. And so i don't think he can pick and choose and so count me as a kfile believer until proven otherwise yeah, we're all we're all kfile believers. They do a great job. M. Steck as well. But scott, let me just follow up with you on that because on the trunk aspect of this, i am curious what what is going to happen come saturday? what would donald trump is in north carolina just before this report came out? i want people to listen to what trump has said about mark robinson and said previously luther king on steroids. I think you're better than martin luther king. I think you are martin luther king times 21 of the great stars of the party. What are the great stars in politics? lieutenant governor mark robinson, i'm a great supporter of his. You're in credible lieutenant governor mark robinson is a hot politician collocation lieutenant governor mark robinson, real star, great guy, friend of mine, mark robinson i, mean scott, obviously that's, that's more than just an endorsement that's going above and beyond to praise him. So as as a republican does he need to distance himself from mark robinson on saturday? i don't know what he will do. I wouldn't predict it. My advice to him would be do whatever is best for you because right now now the highest and most fervent view of most republicans in this country is hit donald trump be returned to the white house, and he has to run the campaign and he needs to run to get that done. I love all these other races and everything else downballot. But for donald trump and for his campaign high command if i were in their shoes, i would do only what was best for donald trump in order to win one? the three most important state that's pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia and whatever they deem is in their best interests. That's exactly what they ought to do congressman ro khanna, democrat here, you're seeing the harris campaign responding to this report which had a lot of anticipation building up for it online today, posting these pictures have dropped robinson and trump together. Obviously, comments like the ones that we just played of will likely be circulated by them. What north carolina voters do here. I mean, would they hold it against trump if he, if he does try to distance himself from robinson, what does that look like given it is holding north carolina is essential to trump's strategy to winning in 2024. Well, first of all, let me thank scott for at least acknowledging the reporting and the factbased reporting that cnn did. This is not a tabloid and it said in a democracy that robinson is not engaging in fact, based argument. You know what he could've done, what a candidate in the past may have done and said, look, i said things that were completely outrageous, ten years ago, i've learned i've grown. I admit my mistake, and the american people are forgiving, but he's unwilling to confront the obvious. And i would say, look, they're not usually reverse it tells him i've endorsed people who i regret to. But the question is, what is donald trump going to do now? does he have the courage to say those were terrible atrocious remarks that robinson made, that robinson should own up to them. They robin should have shouldn't should apologize. He's gonna be judged on how he reacts to the matter now, not being tagged for an endorsement, he made well, that's a good point in the sense of it's not just this kfile report. I mean mark robinson has been controversial offensive figure. If you want to put it that way on the campaign trail and congressman kinzinger, just this is just the last few years. I want people to know maybe determines from miller with him as a candidate, listen to what he's said before this came out on saturday night go to the men's bathroom freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement that shouldn't have been hello. No reason anybody anywhere in america telling me about gender generalism homosexuality, any of that field? i mean, a republican could win in north carolina potentially, but is this a candidate quality issue? what do you see about your party in this moment? yeah. I mean, you've got to look back at the primary after the name of the person he was running against, but i think it was a female and i don't remember but was kind of a mainstream republican and probably would be really set to potentially win this race. But in the primary and we've seen this a lot. And in my party is whoever's the loudest the angriest the most radical usually it makes it through a primary does that work sometimes, sure. Sometimes it doesn't. And so a lot of this stuff about mark robinson as you just pointed out, which was important, was known, not the details of like what we're learning today, which is like, oh, my gosh, but there was a lot of stuff where everybody mean he was already significantly down in the polls in this and where i don't think it's going to in fact, donald trump in terms of, you know, people are going to say, well, if donald trump supported him, i can't support trump. I you know, i think they can leave robinson, but what it could do is it could bring down some of the enthusiasm. I mean, this is like a gut punch to anybody that's a republican in north carolina to learn this race, it's going to be so close any kind it of an attack on motivation can make a huge difference. So i do think scott's right. A lot of it's going to determine what does donald trump do after this point. If he sticks with mark robinson and defends him and calls him martin. Martin luther king times two for god's sakes, by the way. But it'd be calls him that. Then he does own some of what mark nic robinson did if he is quiet or actually denounces him, that i think he has a position to say i didn't know. I didn't know what's going on, but there was a lot that was known prior to this i mean, scott, do you want to see more robertson just get out of this race tonight. He has gotten until midnight, i believe i mean, that's that's his choice when he gave in a primary and he is a sitting lieutenant governor. He has wanted statewide election in north carolina. I'm in my assumption is that he tried to get out of the race. Democrats would try to block them and keep them on the ballot. So it would probably lead to a protracted fight so again, i go back to my initial reaction to this. He was down, i think unlikely to win in the first place as a party matter what a protracted fight over trying to keep him on the ballot being the party's best interests. I don't know about that, so it's all happening so quickly. There may just may not be time for that to happen. And so you just got to play the hand you're dealt sound like from the republican party that they think he should get out. The one in north carolina, of course, everyone. Thank you for being here. 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