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Mark Robinson Has a Problem with Beyoncé

Today the Democratic Governors Association issued a statement in response to reporting in The Root that Lt. Governor Mark Robinson has "​​insulted Beyoncé's singing abilities, called her a 'skank,' and said she was teaching 'young women how to be hyper-sexual whores.'"

"We're Speechless and have to Ring The Alarm over new reporting that Mark Robinson felt he had the Green Light to make offensive comments about an icon like Beyoncé," said DGA Director of External Affairs Ofirah Yheskel. "This isn't the first time Mark Robinson has felt COZY enough to make incendiary comments that make North Carolina voters say Hold Up and take a closer look at his dangerous agenda as they Countdown the days till they get in Formation to elect a governor who will actually put them first and move their state Forward: Attorney General Josh Stein."

If you're also experiencing Deja Vu, see below for more of Mark Robinson's offensive comments that he should be Sorry for:

• Robinson said, "We are called to be led by men… when it was time to face down Goliath, [God] sent David. Not Davita, David."
• Robinson told pregnant women that once they are pregnant, their body is no longer their own saying, "It's not your body anymore, it's y'all's body."
• Robinson called educators "wicked people" and urged his supporters to pull their children out of public schools and "make your own school."
• Robinson claimed that Black American descendants of enslaved people should pay reparations.
• Robinson called Michelle Obama "a man" and an "angry, anti-American, communist black lady" who speaks "ghetto" and "wookie."
• Robinson said, "I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn't vote."

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