Pushback factchecking. But humanizes her in a way and allows her to speak in a very emotional, and absolutely in a moment like this, you see one of the Core Strength so if Kamala Harris, as a public official, shes spent years as a district attorney. She was sit and meet with families. I saw her do this. We were in buffalo, New York after the tops Market Shooting as she sat with the families from that shooting, and she looks them in the eye. She talks to them its a really personal way that is, that really grabs the people in the room and willing they makes everybody know that shes there for them and shes going to fight for them when this is over. I want to thank everybody on the Panel Tonight for being with us. Thanks everybody for watching. Ill be back tomorrow night. Hope you joined me. The news continues right now. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now evening. Im Kaitlan Collins and sources his across the political spectrum tonight, say the Republican Party has a major problem on its hands with potential implications for the president ial race. And Donald Trump, cnns 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 of us are finding out that the candidate that he endorsed posted dozens of disturbing comments on a Porn Forum between the year 2008 and 2012 Mark Robinson calling himself in his own words, a Perv Writing that many things that are too to sexual and in nature and frankly too 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 hes been using lately 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 robinsons 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 its not him and also saying he wont withdraw from the race this is not 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 would ever say or even think how can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you look, im not going to get into a new Sheriff House on my manufacturer this all these salacious tabloid lives, but i can tell you this. Theres been over 1 Million spent on me through ai by Billionaire Son whos bound and determined to destroy me. The things that people can do who were the internet now was 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 doesnt even mention robinson by my name. I will note his campaign did not invite Mark Robinson to trumps rally there on saturday, despite the Lieutenant Governor of being at most, if not all of trumps 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 senior political Commentator Scott jennings, and congressman kinzinger. Let me just start with you. When you hear what Mark Robinson is saying there to Andrew Kaczynski after this report you know, trying to argue that its 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. Its, its 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 isnt showing. And i got to tell you its, its beyond anything. I even imagine what this in terms of its, how disturbing it is. And so look, hes again, hes made the decision to stay in and i guess he has till midnight to drop out. Hes obviously not going to do this. This is devastating from a campaign perspective. Obviously, hell lose North Carolina. But the Trump Campaign ought to be very concerned because if there are people disheartened by him, theyll either not show up or maybe theyll vote for kamala or whatever. And so this is, this is not good for them for a very close state and again, really disturbing stuff. This is beyond just you know, sexual behavior. Its their stuff that theres a reason that Cnn Hasnt printing and when you get say it on Cable News, obviously, its pretty bad. Its just that explicit and i should note that scott, the nc gop, just put out a statement a few moments ago and i was curious how they would respond and theyre saying that robinson should should stay in this race. Im 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. Im not surprised by that. I mean, i would be pretty shocking actually, if a party they decided to throw their candidate off the ballot, although it did happen one time and one other Races Summer that weve covered i think in the case of North Carolina, what are the questions i have . Number one, 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, its 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 dont think it works that way. And whether this hurts Mark Robinson or doesnt or hurts him a little, hurts him a lot. I dont really think its going to have any impact on Donald Trump whatsoever. He endorses a lot of republicans. In fact, he endorses does most republicans. And i dont 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 its doing in North Carolina. They feel good about their Apparatus Robinson may have his own problems, but i really dont think its going to impact trump and ill just add one other thing, andy is it 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 dont think he can pick and choose and so count me as a Kfile Believer until proven otherwise yeah were all were 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 so previously Luther King on steroids. I think youre 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. Now my great supporter of his. Youre in credible Lieutenant GovernorMark Robinson is a hot politician had fallen collocation Lieutenant GovernorMark Robinson, real star, great guy, friend of mine, Mark Robinson i mean, scott, obviously thats more than just an endorsement thats going Above And Beyond to praise him. So as, as a republican does he need to distance himself from Mark Robinson on saturday . I dont know what he will do. I wouldnt 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 his 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 . Of the three most important state its pennsylvania, North Carolina, and georgia and whatever they deem is in their best interests. Thats exactly what they ought to do congressman ro khanna, democrat here, youre seeing the Harris Campaign responding to this report, which had a lot of anticipation building up for it online today, posting these pictures of Trump 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 trumps 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 couldve done. What a candidate in the past may have done and said, look, i said things that were completely outrageous ten years ago, ive learned ive grown, i admit my mistake, and the american people are forgiving, but hes unwilling to confront the obvious. And i would say, look, theyre not usually reverse hotels and ive 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, then robin should or shouldnt should apologize. Hes going to be judged on how he reacts to the matter now, not being tagged for an endorsement, he made well, thats a good point in the sense of its 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 miller with him as a candidate. Listen to what hes said before this came out Saturday Night go to the Mens Bathroom freedoms were lost during the civil Rights Movement that shouldnt have so theres no Reason Anybody anywhere in america telling about ten generalism homosexuality jd, or that Field 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, youve got to look back at the primary. I forget the name of the person he was running against, but i think it was a female and i dont remember but was kind of a mainstream republican. Im probably would be really set to potentially win this race. But in the primary and weve seen this a lot and in my party is whoevers the loudest the angriest, the most radical but usually makes it through a primary. Does that work . Sometimes shirt sometimes it doesnt and so a lot of this stuff about Mark Robinson as you just pointed out, which was important, was no, not the details of what were learning today, which is like, oh, my gosh. But there was a lot of stuff where every i mean, he was already significantly down in the polls in this and where i dont think its going to affect Donald Trump in terms of, you know, people are going to say, well, if Donald Trumps supported him, i cant 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 thats a republican in North Carolina to learn this and a race thats going to be so close, any kind of an attack on motivation can make a huge difference. So i do think scotts right. A lot of its 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 KingTimes Two for gods sakes, by the way. But itd be calls him that and he, does own some of what Mark Robinson did if he is quiet or actually denounces him, that i think he has a position to say i didnt know. I didnt know its going up, but there was a lot that was known prior to this i mean, scott, do you want to see you, marc robertson, just get out of this race tonight. He has gotten until midnight, i believe. I mean, thats thats his choice when he did win a primary and he is the sitting election in North Carolina. Im 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 i again, i go back to my initial reaction to this. He was down i think unlikely to win in the first place. You know, as a Party Matter what a protracted fight over trying to keep him on the ballot being the partys best interests i dont know about that, so its all happening so quickly. There may just may not be time for that to happen. And so you just