‘ 70-year-old Bob Judson explained, “I didn’t put much credence in it. We’ve all done things in our past that we’re sorry for. Some of the things are crazy,” before adding, “**I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn’t be here for Trump, would we?**” ‘
He gets it, he just can't bring himself to change his mind. He's no doubt a bigot and a misogynist and cannot bring himself to vote for a black woman, so he has to hang on to the only other option, a white man, even if deep down inside he understands what's wrong with his choice.
That was the quote that stood out to me, too: "I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn't be here for trump would we?" Oof. How many Robinson/trump supporters are there who do "get" it but are ignoring what they know to support them?
Maybe this is the kind of behaviour and speech they're used to with their own families and friends so they find it perfectly acceptable. I wonder if they'd accept it from their kids' teachers.
Demonstrating, once again, the poverty of decision-making skills of trump and his cronies. And now, having made his pronouncement of support, his ego won't permit him to admit his error and lack of research.
The comment with Robinson referring to himself as a Black nazi shows just how deep fascism resides with magas. Of course we already knew that from years of trump’s vitriolic racism and anti-semitism. Yet none of the more mainstream people in the old gop are brave enough to call this out. No one.
Over the weekend, Thom Tillis one of NC's US Senators said that Robinson should either explain himself if these allegations are true or sue CNN if they're false. After the mass exodus of Robinson's senior campaign staff, he said he's definitely going to sue CNN....as soon as he has his new staff in place. 😂
That's just bluster, of course. He's not going to sue CNN, because that would subject him to discovery which would be WILD! His campaign is flailing, most electeds run for the exits when asked about him, and, of course, it's reminded the public of the the 'ick factor' that most Carolinians felt after the Madison Cawthorn videos and pics came out. NORMAL people around here are asking why the republicans can't field candidates who aren't 'pervs'; even as nothing moves the godly, church-goin' MAGA crowd.
MAGAs are gonna MAGA, but Harris only needs to move a small percentage of normies to take this race from Trump. Robinson has boosted that effort.
That post from Jackson is what we call 'belling the cat.' 😂 Jeff Jackson is SUCH a higher quality candidate than Dan Bishop, I'm really hoping he wins. I haven't seen any polling on the AG race, but it's hard to believe the chaos in the Robinson campaign isn't going to affect down-ballot races.
And please encourage all your pro-democracy friends, family and neighbors to vote EARLY on "day 1" Oct 17th (or mail in ballots ASAP if voting by mail). Here are some gd explanations of why it is important to "vote on Day 1":
On the other hand, remind your MAGA friends & "family" members that it isn't even October yet and that there is usually an October surprise - so they might want wait to see what other revelations emerge about the GOP ticket!
WRAL put out a poll of likely voters 9/10. It has Jackson up 43% to 36% for Bishop. That’s before the ads started and before the Robinson debacle. Lookin’ good!
Trump will never withdraw his endorsement. One of his core beliefs is that he cannot ever be wrong, and therefore he must never admit error or apologize for previous conduct. Once he admits or apologizes for one error, it opens the door to the possibility that he made other errors. As a sociopathic narcissist, he simply cannot do that. So it won't happen.
He's also all in on the MAGA approach to his campaign, unlike in the previous two where he kinda sorta tried to pretend to occasionally offer olive branches to centrists.
This campaign is different. This campaign is a direct challenge to Americans. He is saying, "This is who I am. Do something about it, or not."
On the other hand, he's constantly cutting loose and turning on people he very recently praised. Do you think this might be different because of the endorsement?
A lot of the ones he cuts loose are because they said or did something (real or imagined)
*against him* though. I think this will turn into an "I don't really know anything about that" plus "fake news/AI" excuse, followed by a "MARXIST IMMIGRANT SQUIRREL!!!" diversion attempt. Unfortunately his diversion attempts seem to result in threats or actual violence against innocent people.
The mere fact that the orange turds followers are excusing this vile human just goes to show how powerful the kool-aid they drink is. They are always going to vote for the dregs of our society if tRump tells them to. What we can all hope is that those fence sitters get off that fence and engage their common sense and sense of morality and vote blue up and down their ballot. Also, they should watch From Russia with Len. Rachel Maddow did an amazing job on that piece. WAKE UP AMERICA! Vote blue💙💙
And I very recently read the date for dropping out of the race was a couple of days ago, so Robinson's name will be on the NC ballot, whether or not Trump or the Republicans want his name there.
I’m inclined incredulous that 40% of NC voters don’t care about what Robinson said in the past or present and will still vote for him. I despair reading that this election is so close and millions of people will vote for a lying miscreant convicted felon who will have the nuclear codes and could destroy the world.
I am still stunned that so many people would believe the constant lies and fear mongering coming from the Republican Party and its leaders. Just like in Hitler’s Germany. Who are these people 😡
Are they? They are willfully ignorant. They may be well-educated and still ignorant. They are GOP voters who refuse to be anything else. That’s what I do not understand.
You forget, Trump has effectively made Democrats into the enemy with his rhetoric so I imagine those are hardcore MAGAts that wouldn't vote for a Democrat if they had a gun to their head. A few of those may leave that section of their ballot blank, though. Hopefully. Maybe.
"the troll is out of the cave and in the harsh glare of sunlight, his skin smoking badly from exposure, and all of America can see him for what he is." Great comparison. Anyone who could still condone Robinson must be void of any intellect or decency. It's going to be a long time before the nasty Republican Party recovers from all the seeds they've sown.
"Kirk Giles, 50, asserted that it is kind of a guy thing. “There’s not a man alive that’s never looked at porn or did something stupid on porn because we’re men. That’s what men do," he admitted."
Holy crap. For one thing, that's not what all men do. The only time I looked at porn was when I was in college and we all went to see "Deep Throat" at the University Center. Yes, the public university I attended showed Deep Throat at the friggin University Center. What can I say? It was the 70s.
For another, it's the hypocrisy, Kirk. The hypocrisy. HYPOCRISY. H Y P O C R I S Y. All caps.
Kirk, you should be blasted to the planet Qo'noS in a SpaceX CyberTruck.
Exactly. I don't care who looks at porn. I do care if people who condemn certain lifestyles look at porn unless they fully retract their condemnation. Else, it's just crazy time.
They never apologize, never say they were wrong and it's not just Robinson, also Matt Gaetz. At some point you would think it would hit a dead end of reality, perhaps not
Enablers is the nicest thing one might call them. Whatley and Budd show their awful selves. Tillis is a snake who tries to pretend he’s a moderate (whatever that is).
‘ 70-year-old Bob Judson explained, “I didn’t put much credence in it. We’ve all done things in our past that we’re sorry for. Some of the things are crazy,” before adding, “**I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn’t be here for Trump, would we?**” ‘
Man, these people are SO close to getting it.
yeah, I was wondering if people would pick up on that!
Is it safer to unload a gun before cleaning it?...maybe...
If she hadn't written this, i would have. Or, you know, at least a dozen others.
He gets it, he just can't bring himself to change his mind. He's no doubt a bigot and a misogynist and cannot bring himself to vote for a black woman, so he has to hang on to the only other option, a white man, even if deep down inside he understands what's wrong with his choice.
Hopefully he and cult members like him will just stay home and not vote . .
That was the quote that stood out to me, too: "I mean if we just went on that, we wouldn't be here for trump would we?" Oof. How many Robinson/trump supporters are there who do "get" it but are ignoring what they know to support them?
The diehard maga cult doesn't care what any of the monsters they support engage in as long as they're sticking it to the libs and to all women. 😒
Yet the clue-bat still misses them
Maybe this is the kind of behaviour and speech they're used to with their own families and friends so they find it perfectly acceptable. I wonder if they'd accept it from their kids' teachers.
I was thinking “is he admitting that men are too impulsive to lead? They should let a woman run things for a while, what have they got to lose?!” 😂
Sounds like somebody peed in his gene pool.
But never will, alas!
This comment struck me immediately, too, though I can't say, my response was as generous as yours 😏.
Yet another CONVICTED FELON to the rescue 🤪🙀💀
Turds of a feather!💩
Exactly! Could not have been any more succinct than that.
Demonstrating, once again, the poverty of decision-making skills of trump and his cronies. And now, having made his pronouncement of support, his ego won't permit him to admit his error and lack of research.
You broke it, you bought it!
But if Robinson had done/said something that Trump perceived as a slight against him, he’d drop the endorsement in a blink of an eye.
The comment with Robinson referring to himself as a Black nazi shows just how deep fascism resides with magas. Of course we already knew that from years of trump’s vitriolic racism and anti-semitism. Yet none of the more mainstream people in the old gop are brave enough to call this out. No one.
Winning is everything. The “Survivor” mindset.
It's the ONLY thing!
It’s a terrible way to live in community, isn’t it! Rhetorical.
Over the weekend, Thom Tillis one of NC's US Senators said that Robinson should either explain himself if these allegations are true or sue CNN if they're false. After the mass exodus of Robinson's senior campaign staff, he said he's definitely going to sue CNN....as soon as he has his new staff in place. 😂
That's just bluster, of course. He's not going to sue CNN, because that would subject him to discovery which would be WILD! His campaign is flailing, most electeds run for the exits when asked about him, and, of course, it's reminded the public of the the 'ick factor' that most Carolinians felt after the Madison Cawthorn videos and pics came out. NORMAL people around here are asking why the republicans can't field candidates who aren't 'pervs'; even as nothing moves the godly, church-goin' MAGA crowd.
MAGAs are gonna MAGA, but Harris only needs to move a small percentage of normies to take this race from Trump. Robinson has boosted that effort.
I'm hoping Robinson's implosion also helps to tank Dan Bishop's campaign for AG.
https://www.facebook.com/JeffJacksonNC/videos/what-does-my-opponent-dan-bishop-think-of-mark-robinson-let-him-tell-you/1103113258000604/
That post from Jackson is what we call 'belling the cat.' 😂 Jeff Jackson is SUCH a higher quality candidate than Dan Bishop, I'm really hoping he wins. I haven't seen any polling on the AG race, but it's hard to believe the chaos in the Robinson campaign isn't going to affect down-ballot races.
I'm hoping it depresses GOP turnout altogether!!
And please encourage all your pro-democracy friends, family and neighbors to vote EARLY on "day 1" Oct 17th (or mail in ballots ASAP if voting by mail). Here are some gd explanations of why it is important to "vote on Day 1":
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/when-we-vote-early-we-win-part-1
https://grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/when-we-vote-early-we-win-part-2
https://substack.com/@networknova/p-147880394
On the other hand, remind your MAGA friends & "family" members that it isn't even October yet and that there is usually an October surprise - so they might want wait to see what other revelations emerge about the GOP ticket!
Hubs and I already have early voting on our calendars!
I submitted my overseas absentee ballot in NC today! 🙂
WRAL put out a poll of likely voters 9/10. It has Jackson up 43% to 36% for Bishop. That’s before the ads started and before the Robinson debacle. Lookin’ good!
YES!! Thanks for the info, Sharlene! That made my day!
“NORMAL person”? Such a strange concept when discussing some, most often, skewed distributions of human beings.
I remember so well the musical The FantastIcks with Luisa singing “oh God, please don’t let me be normal.”
How many remember the kind of September before El Gallo became Faustian and the “Pretty Rape” became the actual rape of what is normal?
The simple answer is 'norma'l refers to non-MAGAs. Normal refers to people for whom things like principles, ethics and character still count.
Trump will never withdraw his endorsement. One of his core beliefs is that he cannot ever be wrong, and therefore he must never admit error or apologize for previous conduct. Once he admits or apologizes for one error, it opens the door to the possibility that he made other errors. As a sociopathic narcissist, he simply cannot do that. So it won't happen.
He's also all in on the MAGA approach to his campaign, unlike in the previous two where he kinda sorta tried to pretend to occasionally offer olive branches to centrists.
This campaign is different. This campaign is a direct challenge to Americans. He is saying, "This is who I am. Do something about it, or not."
On the other hand, he's constantly cutting loose and turning on people he very recently praised. Do you think this might be different because of the endorsement?
A lot of the ones he cuts loose are because they said or did something (real or imagined)
*against him* though. I think this will turn into an "I don't really know anything about that" plus "fake news/AI" excuse, followed by a "MARXIST IMMIGRANT SQUIRREL!!!" diversion attempt. Unfortunately his diversion attempts seem to result in threats or actual violence against innocent people.
Makes you wonder if there's an "I don't really know him, never met him" coming from Trump despite any video evidence to the contrary (AI again).
The mere fact that the orange turds followers are excusing this vile human just goes to show how powerful the kool-aid they drink is. They are always going to vote for the dregs of our society if tRump tells them to. What we can all hope is that those fence sitters get off that fence and engage their common sense and sense of morality and vote blue up and down their ballot. Also, they should watch From Russia with Len. Rachel Maddow did an amazing job on that piece. WAKE UP AMERICA! Vote blue💙💙
"From Russia with Lev" is excellent! For anyone who hasn't seen it, I would urge you to watch if you can.
Agreed. Watched it yesterday. Rachel should get a GG or an Oscar for it.
And I very recently read the date for dropping out of the race was a couple of days ago, so Robinson's name will be on the NC ballot, whether or not Trump or the Republicans want his name there.
That is correct.
I’m inclined incredulous that 40% of NC voters don’t care about what Robinson said in the past or present and will still vote for him. I despair reading that this election is so close and millions of people will vote for a lying miscreant convicted felon who will have the nuclear codes and could destroy the world.
I am still stunned that so many people would believe the constant lies and fear mongering coming from the Republican Party and its leaders. Just like in Hitler’s Germany. Who are these people 😡
These people are ignorant, uneducated, and angry people who just want to break things.
Are they? They are willfully ignorant. They may be well-educated and still ignorant. They are GOP voters who refuse to be anything else. That’s what I do not understand.
It’s a cult.
You forget, Trump has effectively made Democrats into the enemy with his rhetoric so I imagine those are hardcore MAGAts that wouldn't vote for a Democrat if they had a gun to their head. A few of those may leave that section of their ballot blank, though. Hopefully. Maybe.
"the troll is out of the cave and in the harsh glare of sunlight, his skin smoking badly from exposure, and all of America can see him for what he is." Great comparison. Anyone who could still condone Robinson must be void of any intellect or decency. It's going to be a long time before the nasty Republican Party recovers from all the seeds they've sown.
Theyre not different than the gangs on the streets of any big city. It’s a gang trying to take over the democratic republic we call USA.
Good analogy.
I have plenty of colleagues in NC, and let me tell you, they are not going to abandon Trump or Robinson.
It's unbelievable. 🤦♀️
Not surprising sadly.
Don’t know why
There’s no sun
Up in the sky
MAGAitis
Don’t know why
Every time I pee I cry
MAGAitis
"Kirk Giles, 50, asserted that it is kind of a guy thing. “There’s not a man alive that’s never looked at porn or did something stupid on porn because we’re men. That’s what men do," he admitted."
Holy crap. For one thing, that's not what all men do. The only time I looked at porn was when I was in college and we all went to see "Deep Throat" at the University Center. Yes, the public university I attended showed Deep Throat at the friggin University Center. What can I say? It was the 70s.
For another, it's the hypocrisy, Kirk. The hypocrisy. HYPOCRISY. H Y P O C R I S Y. All caps.
Kirk, you should be blasted to the planet Qo'noS in a SpaceX CyberTruck.
Even if all men did look at porn, they don't declare themselves Nazis and spout all that other crazy rubbish
Exactly. I don't care who looks at porn. I do care if people who condemn certain lifestyles look at porn unless they fully retract their condemnation. Else, it's just crazy time.
They never apologize, never say they were wrong and it's not just Robinson, also Matt Gaetz. At some point you would think it would hit a dead end of reality, perhaps not
Whatley, Tillis, and Budd, oh my.
Enablers is the nicest thing one might call them. Whatley and Budd show their awful selves. Tillis is a snake who tries to pretend he’s a moderate (whatever that is).
This one on Tillis.
https://www.bpr.org/2024-06-19/house-bill-would-let-a-politically-connected-charter-school-open-without-state-review
Thanks again for a terrific piece, Jay. You are a treasure!
That is some well-deserved tar they are stuck in!
Judd Legum on companies bankrolling Robinson.
https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/these-companies-are-bankrolling-a?r=41p0j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email