Transgender women should “find a corner out there” if they need to use the restroom of their choice, according to an influential North Carolina gubernatorial candidate, or else they risk being arrested.
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina The Charlotte Observer’s editorial board once referred to Mark Robinson (R) as an “embarrassment” due to his history of transphobic, racist, and antisemitic remarks.
Earlier this month, Robinson hammered his stance about trans rights during at least two campaign starts.
He declared at one, as The Washington Post was the first to report, “We’re going to protect people in this state.”
“That means you will be arrested or whatever we have to do to you if you’re a male on Friday nights and suddenly feeling feminine on Saturday and want to use the children’s restroom in the hallway.” We’re going to defend our female employees, he said.
His comments were met with applause from the audience.
Robinson told the audience at another stop, “If you’re confused, find a corner out there,” and it made them laugh.
“I’m sorry, we are not destroying society because of this,” he continued.
According to surveys, Robinson is the front-runner for North Carolina governor, and the state’s primary is set for March 5. If elected, he will probably face Democrat member Josh Stein.
Robinson has held the position of second-in-command for North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) since 2021.
Robinson has expressed doubts about the Holocaust’s veracity on social media. To get “to take the shekels out of your Schvartze pockets,” he said, “the movie ‘Black Panther’ was ‘created by an independent Jew and put to video by devilish Marxist.'” He has frequently criticized transgender rights, claiming that those who adhere to the “mass fantasy known as transgenderism” are attempting to “turn God’s creation backward.”
Robinson responded that he supported his divisive comments in 2020 when questioned about them.
Overriding Cooper’s vetoes, bills attacking trans rights have been passed by the North Carolina legislature over the past few years.
