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Jerk of the Year: Mark Robinson
He’s Brash, He’s Delusional and He Might Be a Nut Job: He’s North Carolina’s Lt. Governor to learning how to read instead of teaching them how to go to hell. Yeah, I said it and I meant it.” – from an October appearance at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in fter four years of constant lies, conRaleigh. tradictions, made-up nonsense and “It’s not about being against anybody behavior bordering because of their sexual on psychopathic from preference. This is an former White House effort again to intimiresident Donald Trump, date voices on the right there’s a new kid on the into silence … it’s just block. But this time he’s another effort to try and specific to North Carolina. intimidate me … from Clear-headed, progresspeaking out on this issive and non-brainwashed sue. It doesn’t matter to individuals were willing me what the definition to climb over mounds of hate speech is. I said of broken glass to vote what I said, and I believe Trump out of office. what I said, and many people across the state But wait! That wasn’t feel the exact same way.” enough. – during an interview Just when you thought with Spectrum News in backwards political thinkOctober. ing was ramping down During a November a bit, along comes a speaking engagement at political Tiny Tim bent on Berean Baptist Church in remaking our state into Winston-Salem, Robinson his interpretation of a told the story of a gay “Christian” fiefdom. man who asked him the North Carolina’s following question: Lieutenant Governor “So you think your Mark Robinson clearly wife and you, you think stole a page, pages, your heterosexual relamaybe? Hell, multiple tionship is superior to my chapters (!) from the husband and my homobook Trump could have sexual relationship?” easily written: “How a “Yes!” Robinson reSmall Minded Man Can sponded. “These people Make a Big Ol’ Mess.” are superior because Despite the fact Mark Robinson agrees we don’t live in a theocracy: ‘I think it’s about time for some religious fanaticism.’ So how did we they can do something these people can’t do. get here? Because that’s the way For over 100 years Representative Madison Cawthorn and God created it to be. And I’m tired of this North Carolina was referred to as the posed to say. Ain’t but two genders. current U.S. Senator Thom Tillis aren’t society trying to tell me it’s not so.” voice of reason between Virginia and Two genders. Ain’t nothing but men and embarrassing enough, now we have “Everything that God made serves a South Carolina. women. You can go to the doctor and get Robinson flapping his trap with one ignopurpose. Will somebody please explain Then, Republicans captured Congress in rant rant after another. cut up. You can go down to the dress shop to me the purpose of homosexuality? ... 2010. That majority gave them the opporAnd lucky us! The LGBTQ community and get made up. You can go down there What does it create? It creates nothing.” – tunity to gerrymander and redraw districts is whom he’s chosen to take aim at. That’s during the same speaking engagement at and get drugged up. But at the end of the throughout the state, making it possible for why qnotes is returning the recognition Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem day you just a drugged up, dressed up, the Republican party to take control of elecand selecting him as Jerk of the Year for in November. made up, cut up man or woman. You ain’t tion outcomes for the foreseeable future. 2021. Unlike the other honoree featured “I think it’s about time for some relichanged what God put in you, that DNA. In essence, the state was hijacked. in this issue, the decision wasn’t hard. gious fanaticism.” – at the November 2021 You can’t transcend God’s creation. I don’t Twelve years later, the battle continHere are some of his most choice Rockingham County Reagan-Helms Dinner. care how hard you try. The transgender ues, but the fight hasn’t ended: Candidacy words over the past year: If that isn’t enough to capture the title movement in this country…is demonic, filing and the actual voting dates have “I want to be that person at the track of Jerk of the Year, take a casual perusal and full of the spirit of [the] antichrist.” meet that stands up and says … ‘Them two been pushed back to a later time, pending through YouTube, Facebook and Google. – from an October appearance at the fellas that won this track meet, they’re not a court decision on the currently drawn North Carolina’s Lt. Governor has left his Upper Room Church of God in Christ in girls. Why are they out there?’” he said. repugnant and offensive remarks all over districts, which are being challenged yet Raleigh. “That’s two boys. I don’t care what you call the place. It’s obvious how he likes to again in an effort to restore the state to them. They’re painted-up, striped-up jack“It is time for grown-ups and time for think he feels, especially considering he’s a progressive, sensible minded and safe asses. They’re not women.” – in reference Christians to stand up and start telling the so fond of using the phrase quite often: “I place to live. to transgender athletes at a June rally in don’t care.” truth. Come out to me if you want to. I But that’s not what Mark Robinson Greenville, N.C. We’ll see how well those words work don’t care. Here’s my head. Come and get wants. In fact, he’s been quoted as say“There’s no reason anybody, anywhere for him should he decide to run for goverit. I’m not afraid to stand up and tell the ing the United States is a specifically in America should be telling any child about nor. For the past few weeks, likely at the truth. They’re dragging our kids down into Christian nation. transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that behest of Republican colleagues, Robinson the pit of hell trying to teach them that In September of this year, at an event has become decidedly less vocal. Chances filth. And yes I called it filth. And if you don’t known as the “Salt and Light Conference,” mess in our schools. Tell you this, that ain’t are he’s been told what the rest of us like that I called it filth, come see me and held by the North Carolina Evangelical got no place in our schools. Two plus two already know: You can’t win a North I’ll explain it to you.” – Robinson speaking group Faith and Freedom Coalition, doesn’t equal transgender. It equals four. Carolina election with an anti-LGBTQ at Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove, N.C. Robinson had this to say: [We] need to teach them how to get back platform. : : this past June. “As for this not being a Christian na-
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tion, yes, it is. If you don’t like it, I’ll buy your plane, train or automobile ticket right up out of here. You can go to some place that is not a Christian nation.” As if disgraced former Charlotte Mayor turned former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, current House
“I will not be silent. And I will not be bullied into submission. I will continue to fight for the rights of our children, free from sexual concepts that do not belong in the classroom. And I don’t care who doesn’t like it.” – from a September Facebook post. “Here’s something else I’m not sup-
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