North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson Sent To Hospital After Incident At Campaign Event

North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson was sent to the hospital after suffering second-degree burns at a campaign event in Mount Airy.

Robinson, who is also running to be North Carolina’s next governor, reportedly burned himself at an automotive event, and no foul play was involved.

Mike Lonergan, Robinson’s communications director, said, “Robinson is in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of well wishes, and is excited to return to the campaign trail as scheduled first thing tomorrow morning.”

Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, was treated for second-degree burns at a hospital.

He reportedly suffered the injury while leaning against a truck at a show in Mount Airy. https://t.co/IpSFtyci5R pic.twitter.com/ZZhsTGco46

— CBS Saturday Morning (@cbssaturday) September 28, 2024

Per CNN:

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns at Northern Regional Hospital “following an incident at a campaign event” in Mount Airy on Friday night, according to Mike Lonergan, communications director for Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign.

Lonergan added in a statement that Robinson “is in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of well wishes, and is excited to return to the campaign trail as scheduled first thing tomorrow morning.”

Robinson’s burns stemmed from an accident at an automotive show and no foul play was involved, a law enforcement source told CNN.

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Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican nominee for governor, had made several campaign stops around the state on Friday, according to a previously provided schedule and social media posts. His final stop was the Mayberry Truck Show and Parade in Mount Airy, where the incident occurred.

JUST IN: North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson hospitalized after campaign event – NewsNation

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Per News Nation Now:

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was treated for second-degree burns on a hand Friday night after suffering the injury at a campaign event in Mt. Airy. His campaign tells NewsNation that Robinson was discharged and will return to the campaign trail Saturday.

Robinson was burned when he put his hand on a truck at the event, according to a Washington Post journalist posting on X.

Robinson has been under intense pressure to quit his campaign for governor, and even to resign his current post, since reports surfaced of old online posts in which Robinson referred to himself as a ‘black NAZI;” said he enjoyed transgender pornography; said in 2012 he preferred Hitler to then-President Barack Obama; and slammed the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “worse than a maggot.”

Mark Robinson threatens CNN for bombshell report
Brian LiVecchi, Robinson’s chief of staff and general counsel, will resign effective next Tuesday, according to a friend. Over the weekend, Robinson announced that four key staff members on his gubernatorial campaign staff had left their jobs.

Robinson denied writing the messages that CNN says were from more than a decade ago. He said Tuesday that his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate how what Robinson calls “false smears” originated. But that hasn’t stopped top Republicans from distancing themselves from the lieutenant governor.

Big Trucks, Big Fun! Thank you, Mt. Airy. pic.twitter.com/aBkr7uJbZJ

— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) September 28, 2024