Mark Robinson was invited to speak on Newsmax TV’s Saturday Agenda, and clarified that legal action was well underway against CNN in the wake of shocking claims of his online activity.
On Sept. 19, the outlet reported that Robinson had referred to himself as a “Black Nazi” and stated his preference for Adolf Hitler over Barack Obama in comments allegedly made on a pornographic site over a decade ago.
“Let me start off with the obvious. Did you post those comments?” host Rob Astorino asked on the live show, after asserting that Robinson, “deserves to tell his side of the story.”
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“Absolutely not. We did not,” Robinson stated, later continuing, “And we said from the very beginning that we didn’t say these things or craft these things or write these things. We’ve never been on this site and don’t even know what it is.
“When it was brought to my attention, we said that from the very beginning, we addressed CNN. We went on the station the very day before the story broke and made that plain and we’ve taken a huge step,” he said.
The politician then doubled down on his assertion that he was suing CNN over the report, explaining that the legal case is already in motion.
“We’ve actually hired an attorney, and that attorney has now filed a lawsuit, and we intend to completely take CNN to task for this irresponsible reporting on things that are not true. And so we’re not backing down one bit, and we have not stopped campaigning either.”
Astorino prompted: “So tell me about this lawsuit against CNN. It’s accusing the network of deliberately running a hit piece to derail your campaign and damage your personal reputation.”
“Right. Absolutely. That’s exactly what it is. The timing of this thing was extremely suspicious. Everybody that I talked to, they all say the same thing. If these things had been out there, they would have been revealed long ago. Someone would have found them long ago, but they didn’t,” Robinson said.
As a concluding note, Robinson suggested that his political career was strong amid the drama—despite rumors that Trump and the Republicans are making efforts to distance themselves from Robinson in the wake of CNN’s explosive claims.
“This was a timed attack aimed directly at not only destroying me personally, but destroying our campaign. But let me be clear on that. It’s done anything but that. Our campaign is more energized than ever,” he said.
