- Mark Robinson said he would arrest transgender people for using women’s toilets
- Footage shows him telling a crowd that he wants to ‘defend women’ in the state
- In 2016, he called being gay a “sin” and said he would “not fly a sacrilegious flag”
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has outlined his plans to have transgender people arrested for using women’s restrooms.
Footage shows him addressing people at a campaign rally in Greenville to become the state’s next governor earlier this month.
Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that trans women should be arrested for using a women’s bathroom.
He says, “We are going to defend women in this state. That means if you’re a man on Friday night, and suddenly you feel like a woman on Saturday, and you want to go to the women’s room at the mall, you’re going to get arrested – or whatever we have to do about You.’
In another video, the Republican politician added: “If you’re a man, you better go to the men’s room. If you are confused, find a corner outside.”
Robinson can be heard telling a crowd that trans women should be arrested for using a women’s bathroom
Robinson’s opponents for the Republican nomination for governor have not discussed or condemned these comments, but have called him out on his comments.
This is what a spokesperson for candidate Bill Graham says WUNC: ‘Mark Robinson will lose and hurt all Republican candidates if he is the nominee.
“His comments about the Holocaust being nonsense, along with his demeaning comments about women, will destroy the GOP’s chances of regaining the White House and the governorship here in North Carolina.”
While State Treasurer Dale Folwell added: “He is the latest example in history of someone trying to gain power by telling people who to hate.”
The politician is known for his controversial comments, with images of him calling gays and transgender people ‘filth’ emerging in 2021.
“I say this now, and I’ve said it, and I don’t care who likes it: These issues have no place in a school,” he says.
“There’s no reason why anyone anywhere in America should have to tell a child about transgenderism, homosexuality, or any of that filth.”
Transgenderism is considered a derogatory term in the LGBTQ+ community because it was coined by anti-transgender activists to suggest that transgender people suffer from a condition.
Mark Robinson, a Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, speaks at a rally in Roxboro, NC on Friday, January 26, 2024
In the video, Robinson continues his comments by saying “yeah, I called it filth” and claiming that children are being “abused in schools” that support LGBTQ+ rights.
“And yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like how I called it filth, come over and I’ll explain it to you,” he says.
“It’s time for us to stop abusing these children in schools, and that won’t happen until the people of God rise up and make other demands, the same ones who founded these schools in the beginning.”
In 2016, the Republican called homosexuality a “heinous sin” and said he would “not let their sacrilege fly on my page” in the wake of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub.
His comments come seven years after the state repealed the “bathroom law,” sparking global headlines and economic boycotts.
The law was passed in 2016 and aimed to ban transgender people from using a public toilet that matched the gender with which they identify.
Tens of thousands signed a petition to repeal the legislation, which also deprives lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of state protection.
A new law was introduced after the state lost billions due to boycotts of the bill, and some aspects of the bill were withdrawn.