Mark Robinson, who said Black people owe reparations, described as a 'minstrel' that could backfire for Trump campaign

Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate campaigning to become North Carolina’s first Black governor and the man Donald Trump called “Martin Luther King on steroids,” could threaten the former president’s 2024 campaign performance in the state. The 55-year-old political figure — and current North Carolina lieutenant governor — is controversial, to say the least. He’s made incendiary online statements, like downplaying racism and claiming that Black American descendants of enslaved people should pay reparations. The Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate also said that Black gang members and Planned Parenthood did more than the...