Republican Governors Association pulls ad money out of Mark Robinsons North Carolina racein wake of black Nazi scandal

The Republican Governors Association indicated Monday that it has no immediate plans to place more ads in North Carolina amid allegations that GOP Lt.Gov.

Mark Robinson posted several inflammatory messages — including calling himself a “black Nazi” — on a porn site.“We don’t comment on internal strategy or investment decisions, but we can confirm what’s public — our current media buy in North Carolina expires tomorrow, and no further placements have been made,” RGA Communications Director Courtney Alexander said in a statement to The Post. “RGA remains committed to electing Republican Governors all across the country,” she added. RGA and the group’s political action committee, RGA Right Direction PAC, have spent nearly $16 million on the North Carolina governor’s race, according to ad-tracking firm Ad Impact.  The influential GOP group’s decision is the latest blow to Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign, which was rocked by a CNN report last week on the 56-year-old lieutenant governor’s alleged posts on pornography website Nude Africa – including one in which a user with email address linked to Robinson described himself as a “black Nazi.”On Monday, Robinson said he’s weighing taking legal action against the network.“We’re in talks right now, everything up to legal counsel to take CNN to task for what they have done to us.We are going after them, OK? We are going to go after them for what they’ve done,” he told reporters, according to Mediaite.

Several top Robinson campaign staffers resigned Sunday amid fallout from the disturbing posts, which were made on the website’s message board between 2008 and 2012.Former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Robinson in the GOP primary for governor, made no mention of the lieutenant governor during a Wilmington, N.C., campaign rally on Saturday. Robinson, who has denied making the offensive posts, did not attend the event. Several Republicans have called on Robinson to �...

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