North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Mark Robinson (R), who has a long history of attacking gay people, Jews, and various minorities, is now reportedly seeking higher office. On Thursday, one day after TPM published a look at Robinson’s years of extremist Facebook posts, Axios revealed that he is set to announce a gubernatorial bid at a rally next month.
Someone needs to intervene in NC, they’ve obviously been taken over by Communists:
I give the over/under a month into his campaign that we find out the motherfucker is both a pedophile and a closet case. No one is this unhinged unless they’re either fighting personal demons or trying to create a huge distraction.
He sounds like a fun guy. The kind of guy you would want to have a beer with. Just before he goes on a long anti-Semitic rant and flips the appetizers.
If Alex Jones got elected as a State’s Lt. Guv you’d have Mark Robinson.
Josh… David… John… anyone! Please! I beg you! Hunter has wallowed in this freak’s mental sewage long enough. Have mercy and give the next story to someone else.
Because of course he is. And TFG is all set to endorse him. We’ve seen this playbook before. Be my guest seeing how it worked out so well for tRump-endorsed candidates in the last two elections. Good luck, loser.
Wait. I think you’re missing the point. The goal is to give people healthcare access so they will see how much it sucks to interact with the healthcare system. Then they will not want healthcare ever again.
ETA: This is sarcasm, BTW.
Uncle Tom could stand to lose a few pounds.
If elected, Robinson would be North Carolina’s first Black governor. However, on Facebook, he was extremely critical of the Black community. In various posts in recent years, Robinson called Black people “muddle headed negroes,” “apes,” and “a monkey.” He also expressed frustration with those who would criticize calls for “WHITE PRIDE” or displays of Confederate symbols.
He really hates himself, doesn’t he.
He’s a member of a rapidly growing club.
From the HuffPo story:
In the years since, Medicaid expansion has come to more of those states, either through ballot initiatives or a change of heart by some of those Republican officials. That’s what happened in North Carolina, where key GOP leaders eventually endorsed the idea as good for the state economy and struggling rural hospitals, as well as helpful to working people without access to affordable coverage.
These exact arguments should work here in Kansas as well, where Gov. Kelly has again made expansion a legislative priority, but the GOP-controlled legislature is again opposing it.
They might agree to expand Medicaid if Democrats agreed it wouldn’t cover LGBT people.
encourage them to register to vote!
Somehow I think the people of North Carolina can do a whole lot better for themselves than this race baiting, LGBTQ+ hater, and anti-semitic uncle Trump wannabe.
Well, this is just dandy.
Speaking of the Medicaid Expansion: there is still plenty of scope for GOP fuckery:
When Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, a longtime expansion advocate, signs the bill, it should leave 10 states in the U.S. that haven’t adopted expansion. North Carolina has 2.9 million enrollees in traditional Medicaid coverage. Advocates have estimated that expansion could help 600,000 adults.
“Medicaid Expansion is a once in a generation investment that will make all North Carolina families healthier while strengthening our economy, and I look forward to signing this legislation soon,” Cooper tweeted.
There’s no set start date in the final bill for expansion under the legislation, but it still comes with one caveat: It can’t happen until after a state budget is approved. This usually happens in the early summer. Cooper panned that provision, which could give GOP leaders leverage to include unrelated items he may strongly oppose.
The House voted 87-24 in favor of the deal, after little debate and a preliminary vote on Wednesday. Many Democratic members on the floor stood and clapped after it passed, which is usually not permitted under chamber rules. Almost two-thirds of the House Republicans also voted yes. The Senate already approved the legislation last week in near-unanimous votes.
The final agreement also included provisions scaling back or eliminating regulations that require state health officials to sign off before medical providers open certain new beds or use equipment. Senate Republicans demanded the “certificate of need” changes in any deal.
Republicans in charge of the General Assembly for years had been skeptical about expansion, which originated from the federal Affordable Care Act signed into law by President Barack Obama 13 years ago Thursday.
GOP legislators passed a law in 2013 specifically preventing a governor’s administration from seeking expansion without express approval by the General Assembly. But interest in expansion grew over the past year as lawmakers concluded that Congress was neither likely to repeal the law nor raise the low 10% state match that coverage requires.
A financial sweetener contained in a COVID-19 recovery law means North Carolina also would get an estimated extra $1.75 billion in cash over two years if it expands Medicaid. Legislators hope to use much of that money on mental health services.
Are there differ events classified by the wearer’s tie color, or is red mandatory?
