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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North Carolina
The Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North CarolinaGOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says that Beyoncé is "satanic," that the 1969 moon landing may have been fake and that there's a ruling class of secretive reptiles.
Robinson, who is the states lieutenant governor, has said he wouldnt be surprised if the 1969 moon landing was fake and the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an inside job. Hes SERIOUSLY skeptical of President John F. Kennedys assassination and of the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. He falsely accused David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, of being a paid actor. Hes claimed that climate change is based on junk science.
And those are just the dangerous theories hes echoed that have been previously reported.
In lesser-noticed social media posts, Robinson has said that news coverage of police shootings is part of a media conspiracy designed to push US towards their new world order. He and his wife both liked a since-deleted Facebook comment that stated, WWG1WGA are my Identity letters, a reference to the QAnon rallying cry Where we go one, we go all. In October 2018, on a day when authorities intercepted pipe bombs intended for President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CNN, Robinson suggested on Facebook that they had done it to themselves. If you cant beat em, bomb yourself, he wrote.
He followed that with another Facebook post claiming, This entire bombing story is faker than a $20 Rolex sold on a New York City sidewalk. Months later, another post on his Facebook page parroted the conspiracy theory that the pipe bomb incident was manufactured and fake.
Robinson is also a regular proponent of conspiracies claiming the music industry is being run by Satan and the Illuminati. He has called Beyoncés music satanic and described Jay-Z as demonic and sent by Satan to turn people away from Jesus. He suggested that the 2014 Boko Haram kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria was orchestrated by billionaire Democratic philanthropist George Soros, a frequent target of antisemitic attacks by Republicans.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-mark-robinson-conspiracy-theorist-north-carolina-governor-race_n_64df8cabe4b0ce7f01203a6b
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The Unbelievably Bonkers Conspiracy Theorist Running For Governor Of North Carolina (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Aug 2023
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Ocelot II
(116,017 posts)1. He wouldn't be a Republican, would he?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,200 posts)3. very republican. and very very bigoted.
lapfog_1
(29,244 posts)2. is JFK, Jr. coming back to be Trump's running mate?
I mean, I have that one on my bingo card and I want to WIN!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)4. They Live
peggysue2
(10,854 posts)5. Ahhh.
So, Mr. Robinson is a member of the Reptilian Overloads Brigade, a Q-pushed theory about nightmarish governance.
Good to know.
Where do these lunatics come from anyway?
I'm thinking Reptar, the planet of craziness. Surely you've heard of it.
blm
(113,141 posts)6. Q Anon Republicans are the most deluded I've encountered
over the last few decades.