Mark Robinson Declares 'Some Folks Need Killing' In Bizarre Rant

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson , the states Republican nominee for governor, declared that some folks need killing in a bizarre rant at a church Sunday.

Its time for somebody to say it. Its not a matter of vengeance. Its not a matter of being mean or spiteful. Its a matter of necessity, said Robinson, a conspiracy theorist who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump .

When you have wicked people doing wicked things, torturing and murdering and raping, its time to call out those guys in green and go have them handled. Or those boys in blue and have them go handle it, he said at Lake Church in the town of White Lake .

Robinson, whose speech was first reported by The New Republic , has a history of controversial remarks .

In the past, hes said that hed absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldnt vote. Hes also called the 1960s Civil Rights Movement crap , shared Islamophobic posts on social media , quoted Adolf Hitler , denied the Holocaust , suggested that transgender women should find a corner outside somewhere instead of using their preferred public bathroom, and described school shooting survivors as spoiled, angry, know it all CHILDREN .

North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by @newrepublic: \"Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it.\" https://t.co/GVKCE7QvVV pic.twitter.com/AjfAxo08xE

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North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by @newrepublic : "Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it." https://t.co/GVKCE7QvVV pic.twitter.com/AjfAxo08xE
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 5, 2024

Robinson said Sunday that we now find ourselves struggling with people who have evil intent.

You know, theres a time when we used to meet evil on the battlefield and guess what we did to it? We killed it, said Robinson, who went on to refer to killing members of the Japanese military after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

We didnt argue and capitulate and talk about well, maybe we shouldnt fight the Nazis that hard. No, theyre bad. Kill them. Some liberal somewhere is going to say that sounds awful. Too bad. Get mad at me if you want to.

He later declared that we need to start handling our business again.

The further away we get from the concept of 1776 and why we declared our independence and how we declared our independence, the further we start sliding into making 1776 a distant memory and the tenets of socialism and communism start coming into clearer focus, he said.

Theyre watching us. Theyre listening to us. Theyre tracking us. They get mad at you. They cancel you. They dox you. They kick you off social media. They come in and close down your business. Folks, its happening ... because we have forgotten who we are.

The Rev. Cameron McGill, the pastor of Lake Church, told The New Republic that both he and the GOP nominee predicted the killing comments would be scrutinized.

Without a doubt, those he deemed worthy of death [were] those seeking to kill us, Cameron told the outlet, adding that Robinson certainly did not imply the taking of any innocent lives.

Michael Lonergan, a spokesperson for Robinsons gubernatorial campaign, told NewsNation that the GOP nominees comments referred specifically to the Japanese and Nazis during World War II.

Morgan Hopkins, a campaign spokesperson for Robinsons Democratic opponent, Josh Stein, said in a statement to NC Newsline that the Republicans comments fall into a long history of Robinson endorsing violence, including political violence.