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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top ally of Donald Trump, is decrying rhetoric linking Trump and Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina.
Robinson has faced severe criticism following a recent CNN report that, in posts on an adult website, Robinson described himself as a “Black Nazi,” called for the return of slavery, and bragged about peeping on nude women. Since the report, Democrats have produced video compilations and advertising tying Trump to Robinson, whom Trump praised as “better than Martin Luther King.”
“When somebody says something and I have a relationship with them, I don’t own all of that,” Graham said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity.”
“That’s literally [Democrats’] campaign in North Carolina,” he added. “It’s trying to make people believe that Donald Trump is somehow involved with Mark—with the Robinson guy. Donald Trump knew nothing about this. I knew nothing about it. They’re trying to guilt by association—if you’re a Republican, you own Mark Robinson.”
