J.D. Vance Delivers a Word Salad on Mark Robinson’s Latest Scandal
J.D. Vance gave a completely incoherent answer when asked about the sex scandal that has pretty much decimated North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.A bombshell report last week alleged that Robinson, the state’s current lieutenant governor, had written on a pornography website’s message board about wanting to own slaves, peeping in women’s locker rooms, and enjoying transgender porn. He’d also apparently called himself a “Black Nazi.”During an interview Saturday with NBC Philadelphia, Vance was asked whether he believed Robinson, who had denied ever making the posts. “I don’t not believe him. I don’t believe him. I just think you have to let these things sometimes play out in the court of public opinion,” Vance replied. “He’s going to make whatever arguments he wants to make. I’m sure the news media and others are going to investigate these comments further. I just think that fundamentally it’s Mark Robinson and the people of North Carolina that get to decide whether he’s their governor,” he said. REPORTER: Do you believe Mark Robinson that those were not his posts?JD VANCE: I don't not believe him pic.twitter.com/YHhZLsEedI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2024Vance was also asked whether he was comfortable with Robinson being the Republican nominee.“The allegations are pretty far out there, of course, but I know that allegations aren’t necessarily reality,” said Vance.This is a distinctly new attitude for Vance, who has been quick to run with outlandish “allegations” in the past. The Ohio senator has spent the past two weeks elevating false claims of Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets, based on nothing more than scant reports that could not be verified and were ultimately debunked. When asked whether he would take the stage with Robinson, Vance said that he and Donald Trump have no plans to appear with him again, adding that “when we go to places typically we hold our own events.” Robinson has appeared at events with Trump multiple times.Last week, Trump’s campaign said they were not planning to pull the former president’s endorsement of Robinson.
J.D. Vance gave a completely incoherent answer when asked about the sex scandal that has pretty much decimated North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson.
A bombshell report last week alleged that Robinson, the state’s current lieutenant governor, had written on a pornography website’s message board about wanting to own slaves, peeping in women’s locker rooms, and enjoying transgender porn. He’d also apparently called himself a “Black Nazi.”
During an interview Saturday with NBC Philadelphia, Vance was asked whether he believed Robinson, who had denied ever making the posts.
“I don’t not believe him. I don’t believe him. I just think you have to let these things sometimes play out in the court of public opinion,” Vance replied.
“He’s going to make whatever arguments he wants to make. I’m sure the news media and others are going to investigate these comments further. I just think that fundamentally it’s Mark Robinson and the people of North Carolina that get to decide whether he’s their governor,” he said.
REPORTER: Do you believe Mark Robinson that those were not his posts?
JD VANCE: I don't not believe him pic.twitter.com/YHhZLsEedI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 22, 2024
Vance was also asked whether he was comfortable with Robinson being the Republican nominee.
“The allegations are pretty far out there, of course, but I know that allegations aren’t necessarily reality,” said Vance.
This is a distinctly new attitude for Vance, who has been quick to run with outlandish “allegations” in the past. The Ohio senator has spent the past two weeks elevating false claims of Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors’ pets, based on nothing more than scant reports that could not be verified and were ultimately debunked.
When asked whether he would take the stage with Robinson, Vance said that he and Donald Trump have no plans to appear with him again, adding that “when we go to places typically we hold our own events.” Robinson has appeared at events with Trump multiple times.
Last week, Trump’s campaign said they were not planning to pull the former president’s endorsement of Robinson.
