Days after a CNN report about racist and sexual comments posted on a pornography forum, all but a few of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign team quit their jobs on Sunday.

A campaign news release said that four top staffers have left the campaign: Conrad Pogorzelski, general consultant and senior advisor who’s worked for Robinson since his initial 2020 lieutenant governor campaign; Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager; Heather Whillier, finance director; and Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager.

But WUNC has confirmed that other staffers have quit as well, leaving Robinson with just three people working on his campaign — two campaign spokesmen and a bodyguard. The list of departures also include longtime director of operations Patrick Riley and political directors John Kontoulas and Jackson Lohrer.

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  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    69·
    2 months ago

    It’s weird; I didn’t see a single ad for Robinson here in NC until after the scandal broke

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      • ccunning@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 months ago

        Might make sense if I hadn’t been painfully aware of his existence for months before this latest incident.

        There’ve actually been a lot of anti-Robinson ads ever since the primary.

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Maybe the opposition stopped bothering advertising against him so hard.

          Or move they’re working on new ads that are coming this week.

          Is actually better for Dems if he doesn’t drop out of the race (I think the deadline to replace him on the ballot is Thursday). So if we’re quiet and force him to stay on the ballot, it will help us for both the presidency and governor race.

          • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            better for Dems if he doesn’t drop out of the race

            Need to be careful with this kind of thinking - that was the Dems’ attitude towards Trump during the 2016 election.

            • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              True, hopefully this doesn’t breed some form of complacency among Democrat voters. It should help D turnout against him, which would help down ballot.

    • Reyali@lemm.ee
      9·
      2 months ago

      Lucky you. I started seeing them months ago. They paint him as this innocent Southern man of humble origins. Tbf, I don’t remember seeing one of them within the past month or so, so maybe they’ve actually died off in some places,

    • draneceusrex@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Dear MAGA SuperPACs, I’ve received more of your mailings than credit card offers and bills combined over the past four month. Though the gaslighting offered by them frequently cause me to laugh out loud at your brazen lies, I still tire from seeing that treasonous pumpkin of a candidate you have in my mailbox. As 99% of these mailings get torn up and thrown straight into my outside recycling bin, you are more than welcome to stop mailing me. Thank you, committed Harris voter in North Carolina.