And turning blue, good. Mark robinsons comments helped flip the Tar Heel State were going to ask North Carolina democratic congressman Jeff Jackson plus my opinion did jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss if im at 40 , almost four, think of it. That means six Finger Donald trumps suggests jewish democrats would bear the blame if he loses the election while trying to court their vote. And then we each have those moments in our lives where its time to step up star power, Kamala Harris teams up with oprah getting another boost from one of hollywoods biggest names right . 6 00 a. M. In washington alive. Look at raleigh, North Carolina, where first this political scandal is the talk of the town. Morning, everyone, im Kasie Hunt its wonderful to have you with us on this friday morning, we made it to friday and we are just 46 days away from election day. And of course, the race is coming down to the wire in nearly every battleground state, including North Carolina, absentee ballots, are scheduled to go out in North Carolina today its a State Republicans have won every cycle since 2008 or recent polling does show that with Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, it is now incredibly close and a scandal involving The States republican nominee for governor, the current Lieutenant Governor Mark robinson, is adding a new dimension to the race. This new Cnn Kfile Investigation uncovered dozens of inflammatory posts that robinson wrote on a Porn Site Message board over a decade ago. Some of the messages include robinson calling himself, quote, a black nazi. Other posts praised slavery or ridiculed Martin Luther King junior as a quote, Commie Faster The End quote. When confronted with the evidence of his Writings Robinson denied any responsibility how do you explain all of the matching details on this profile . The profile on Nude Africa lists your full name as Mark Robinson via email listed on the account is an email that you used us. You have used elsewhere on the internet, including with your photo. You have used that name many soldier on multiple Social Media accounts, including twitter, pinterest, black planet, and youtube. How can you deny with all of these matching details that this is you . Look, im not going to get into the minutia of 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 with the internet. Now its incredible so some in robinsons own party are calling him, for calling on him to step aside. But that might not be possible anymore. The deadline to withdraw was a few hours ago at midnight Kamala Harriss campaign quickly moved to Tie Robinson to the top of the republican ticket. They sent out Social Media posts showing donald Trump And Robinson together at various Campaign Events. And trump has praised robinson during stops at North Carolina in recent months hes been an unbelievable Lieutenant Governor, Mark Rock this is Martin Luther King on steroids. I think youre better than Martin Luther King. I think you are Martin Luther King times two. Mark robinson, hes out there. Hes fighting fighting these are great one. I want to thank a very good man and hes in There Et Fighting is fading and we know hes a fighter. The next governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson all right. Joining us now to talk about all of it. Elliot williams, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, maya wiley, a civil Rights Attorney Sarah Longwell, Executive Director of republican voters against trump, and Scott Jennings, a cnn senior political well commentator. Scott is your lucky day look. Its unlikely that Mark Robinson would be in this position if it werent for Donald Trump who endorsed him, im Tillis Head back to a different candidate in the North Carolina primary and now you have a situation where this stuff has come out. Republicans were already basically writing off this race until us called it a tough day on twitter and he said its time to focus on races. We can win right . This was already jeopardizing things for Donald Trump, and now, i mean, if North Carolina were to Land And Harris is column, its very tough to see how trump could win the presidency is that a realistic possibility here . And what should republicans be doing about this guy a couple of things. Number one, i agree, by the way, more carolina is extremely close its number two for the president ial number two, i think it was unlikely robinson was going to win in the first place. He was already behind. Obviously this doesnt help and i dont want overstate it, but but but i think republicans and already kind of internalized this was a very steep battle the trump people feel very good about their operation. North carolina, i find it unlikely that this will flow uphill. Normally in politics that flows downhill, i dont think it will flow up hill on Trump And Trump endorses a lot of republicans up, but we just showed all with the times that trump hes, hes made hundreds of speeches about republicans he does not own all of their Apo Files anymore than harris owns every democratic Apple File out there. Nobodys do those things after we knew an awful lot about all the other inflammatory things that robinson had said that were leading him to likely lose this race even before any of this came out all i can tell you is that Donald Trump, i assume well do whats best for Donald Trump. And i would be surprised if he continues to drag them around North Carolina yeah. Im going to show some voters that Sarah Longwell talk to you about this guy in a second, but my wife, i want to let you weigh in first on what weve seen from i just have to say, you know, exactly to scotts point. We already look Mark Robinson and already said he absolutely thought Women Shouldnt be allowed to vote he had already said things that were so extremists at this its shocking on one level, but also fits the character we had already heard from Mark Robinson. But i actually think this pattern of Donald Trump picking candidates that are quite extreme i mean, this was a pattern we also saw in the midterms when there was supposed to be a Red Wave and that was one of the factors of the Red Wave. I think we saw, remember Herschel Walker in georgia was actually tame compared to what were hearing now in these stories about Mark Robinson. But remember that North Carolina as a swing state, also has a very large black Population Right . Not helps. And Pell Obama in 2008 absolutely. And that it is The State that had been covered by the voting Rights Act and had been in litigation for five years over over Voter Suppressive Laws out of the State Legislature that many, many local groups had to work very hard on this candidate, actually for grounds, a lot of the fight to make sure there is political voice for black people because he has so far outside of anything, anyone black in North Carolina would be saying about melania thanks a lot of anyone, anyone, anyone in many of these instances. But lets lets Take A Look at Sarah Longwell, whos here with us today, friend of the show. Obviously talks to voters all the time and this was a group that she had before all of this came out yesterday from kfile, but talking to trump voters, people who voted for trump in 2020 about whether they would be willing to vote for robinson. Lets watch it i used to be not a big donor, better donor to wake County Republican in The State of North Carolina republican. And i keep getting Text Messages that my membership has expired and i keep sending them messages that i will not give them a penny as long as robinson is on the ballot now he isnt either medic. I know that he believes that the holocaust never happened he is a vague, ridiculous Conspiracy Theorist he, he, he leans heavily on stuff that just doesnt even correlate what hes trying to do with our state hes very unfriendly to the Lgbt Community on a whole so Sarah Longwell, i mean, again, that was before it helps us understand why he was losing this race so badly. What is your understanding of the connection between Robinson And Trump and how this might all impact the president ial race based on what you heard from these people. Well, theres this set of voters that looks at somebody like Mark Robinson and says, matt, he is just too extreme but for i think hes not a trump. Hes still my guy and its such an interesting and there are a lot of those voters never say right now, if you look at arizona, if you look at wisconsin, the gap between how downballot within the senate races like Tammy Baldwin is outperforming harris so theres, theres, theres always been this gap where trumps people blue think that these people that trump is attracted to the party are too extreme. But trump is fine. And i just want to say the thing that trump is doing, the trump brings all these cranks into the party. Trump is a Conspiracy Theorists. Trump is a liar. Trump is a crazy person. Trumpism isogenous. And as a result, more and more of those people are coming into the Party But Trump has a little something the celebrity and other elements there. Hes sort of baked into the culture in a way that people forgive him, in a way that they dont. These other politicians, lets consider the rules of political gravity. Weve seen repeatedly not apply to trump, but they do still seem to apply to people not named trump and shes right, trump has something that gives him layer of protection. I will point out North Carolina in 16 and 20, trump won the State Democrat was elected governor in both instances. So he does have a history of Outrunning Local Democrats in The State. And if i just make one other issue, ive noticed some republicans are doubting what our own K File Andy did in the reporting here. Let me just hes trustworthy reporter. Hes been writing about politicians in both parties all years, including Kamala Harris, unearthing lots of things that she said in her previous campaign, which republicans are more than happy to tout so andy, antitrust, and i dont think i just dont think its a wise Decision Today to say, oh, well, its coming from cnn or ands, we can know, i mean, its obviously a real thing and you should believe real things when you say no, thank you for saying thats god. I appreciate it. To your point about why its not sticking to trump. Its the power of Trumps Celebrity just sort of what got him catapulted on the political stage to begin with, people, values, celebrity in a way that they dont. Other areas of life. And this idea of trump as the successful businessman and so on as part of what propelled him into success, even spite of all of this, now, the thing its like, whats fascinating maya touched on this a little bit. Theres nothing that Mark Robinson so what we didnt know about the transgender porn before yesterday, but Theres Nothing hes saying that people who are supporting him were not aware of already, given The Statements hes made about Hitler And Stalin and Martin Luther King and so on. The problem is that in such a close race in North Carolinas going to be every single vote could be problematic and who knows what this done . Yeah, well see. All right. 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Im not going to call this as a prediction, but in my opinion the jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss if im at 40 , if im at four, think of it, that means 60 of voting for kamala, who in particular is it bad democrat the democrats abed to israel from Point On to say that quote, israel has to defeat Harris And Quote and touted his record with both Israel And Iran during his time in office Scott Jennings this taps on a lot of i mean, it taps on tropes about loyalty and other things what do you make of what he said here . And do you think he should continue to talk about jewish voters like this . Hes competing for the jewish vote in a way that republicans dont normally expect to compete. Jewish americans normally overwhelmingly vote democratic radek can have for a very long time and hes directly competing to get a better percentage. I mean, normally get it. Why . I like criticizing them. Hes like hes making an overt appeal that if you dont like the policies toward israel or the language of the rhetoric toward israel coming out of the democratic party. Theres another way. And he said he used the term, he could have said that. You could have set it that way yeah well, run next time. He, i mean, he used the term if he got 60 if he got the democrats down to six, that will be a significant movement far below what democrats normally get. I think hes right to try to compete for these voters. I think thats whats remarkable about trump though, is that i really think the one party of one issue that divides the democratic party he right now is israel. Everything else. Theres some disagreements on the margins, but israel really is the big rip. This should be a gimme for the former president , but always taking the argument one step farther than he probably needs to buy. Actually attacking jewish people literally Kamala Harris is married to a jewish man. Not that that changes her Policy Positions or whatever else, but the idea of demonizing her as an enemy of Israel And Enemy of jewish. She was just sort of silly and i think again, we were talking about this in last block. Its a close race and little things like that might turn off