Sept. 22 (UPI) — Four top aides have resigned from the North Carolina gubernatorial campaign of Mark Robinson in the wake of last week’s bombshell allegations that he made racist and lewd comments online years ago.
Campaign spokesman Mike Lonergan said Sunday that Conrad Pogorzelski, general consultant and senior advisor; Chris Rodriguez, campaign manager; Heather Whillier, finance director; and Jason Rizk, deputy campaign manager, had left the campaign.
Robinson, a Republican and North Carolina’s current lieutenant governor, in a statement thanked the four staffers and said he looks forward to “announcing new staff roles in the coming days.”
The four aides resigned after CNN on Thursday reported that Robinson made lewd, racist and sexually explicit comments on a porn website more than a decade ago.
Though some of the alleged comments contradict the conservative image he tries to project himself to be — such as allegedly stating he enjoys pornography starring transgender people when he publicly opposes gay and transgender rights — others are in favor of slavery.