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"That you would portray a black man, just because he’s in the GOP, as a Klansman…the hypocrisy is mind-numbing," North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says. Pictured: the state Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo: rustyl3599/Getty Images) Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson denounced a cartoon that depicted Republicans on the State Board of Education as members of the Ku Klux Klan during a press conference on Tuesday. Robinson, the state’s first African American lieutenant governor, criticized a local news affiliate that circulated the cartoon and expressed his outra...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- On this second day of Black History Month, an editorial cartoon published on WRAL.com, owned by Capitol Broadcasting, had Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson so upset he called a news conference. "Depicting the first Black lieutenant governor as Ku Klux Klansman. It's something we cannot stand for, folks. It's something I'm not going to stand for," Robinson said. "What I want to know from WRAL is that who you are? Is that who you want to represent yourself to be in this state?" The cartoon by Dennis Draughon stems from the state board of education's upcoming meeting regarding K-12 ...

North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor held a press conference on Tuesday to express outrage over a political cartoon that linked him and other members of the State Board of Education to the Ku Klux Klan for their opposition to allowing teachers to speak about systemic racism in the United States. The lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, is a Republican and a member of the board. He said it was wrong for the media outlet, WRAL.com, to post the cartoon. “On the second day of Black History Month, the first Black lieutenant governor of North Carolina has been portrayed as [racist]...

By Dominick Mastrangelo - 02/03/21 12:40 PM EST   North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor held a press conference on Tuesday to express outrage over a political cartoon that linked him and other members of the State Board of Education to the Ku Klux Klan for their opposition to allowing teachers to speak about systemic racism in the United States. The lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, is a Republican and a member of the board. He said it was wrong for the media outlet, WRAL.com, to post the cartoon.  “On the second day of Black History Month, the first Black lieutenant go...

North Carolina lieutenant governor blasts local news outlet for cartoon depicting Republicans as KKK members Print this article North Carolina’s lieutenant governor is taking issue with a cartoon posted by a local news channel depicting Republicans as members of the Ku Klux Klan. “It’s something we cannot stand for, folks,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican and the first black lieutenant governor in the history of the Tar Heel state, said in a press conference Tuesday. “On the second day of Black History Month, the first black lieutenant governor of North Carolina has been port...