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Ads attacking Mark Robinson hit North Carolina airwaves
Anyone trying to take a break from politics to watch football in North Carolina on Saturday found the airwaves awash in fresh commercials attacking Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor who was recently the subject of a CNN investigation into his past comments on the message boards of a pornographic website.
An ad referring to the allegations in the CNN report was published Saturday by The Lincoln Project. The ad toys with the narrative by saying Robinson has been seen in public with a convicted felon — Donald J. Trump — but goes on to call Robinson a “weirdo.”
A commercial from the campaign of Attorney General and Democratic candidate for Governor Josh Stein calls Robinson dangerous, extreme, unhinged and “unfit to be governor.”
A commercial from the campaign of Vice-President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris seeks to link Robinson and former president Donald J. Trump with a series of video clips, ending with the assertion that Robinson and Trump are both wrong for North Carolina.
The Stein and Harris ads do not refer to the CNN report.
“It’s All True” | The Lincoln Project
TRANSCRIPT
Narrator: “Have you heard the latest about North Carolina Republican candidate for governor Mark Robinson? It’s all true.”
“He’s been seen in public with a convicted felon, not just any felon, but a felon who was found liable for sexual assault by his hometown jury.”
“He even praises the felon.”
Robinson: “On this stage, today, I am endorsing Donald J. Trump as the president of the United States of America.”
Narrator: “What a weirdo.”
“He loves the felon, and the felon loves the weirdo.”
Trump: “This is Martin Luther King on steroids.”
Narrator: “Everything you’ve heard about Mark Robinson and Donald Trump is true. They deserve each other, but North Carolina and America deserve better.”
“Both Wrong | Harris-Walz 2024” | Kamala Harris campaign
TRANSCRIPT
Trump: “And he’s been an unbelievable lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson.”
Robinson: “For me, there’s no compromise on abortion.”
Trump: “I think you’re better than Martin Luther King.”
Robinson: “We could pass a bill saying you can’t have an abortion in North Carolina for any reason.”
Robinson: “Abortion in this country is about killing a child because you weren’t responsible enough to keep your skirt down.”
Trump: “I’ve been with him a lot, I’ve gotten to know him, and he’s outstanding.”
Narrator: “Donald Trump and Mark Robinson: They’re both wrong for North Carolina.”
“War” | Josh Stein campaign
TRANSCRIPT
IS THIS WHO YOU WANT AS YOUR GOVERNOR?
Robinson: “I got them AR-15s in case the government gets too big for its britches, cause I’m going to fill the backside of them britches with some lead.”
Robinson: “Go into battle and take the head of your enemy.”
Robinson: “Cause it’s time to go to war, folks.”
Robinson: “Get mad at me if you want to. Some folks need killing.”
MARK ROBINSON IS EXTREME, DANGEROUS, UNHINGED
Robinson: “It’s time for somebody to say it.” (No video)
MARK ROBINSON IS UNFIT TO BE GOVERNOR
Robinson: “Some folks need killing.”
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It’s Duke basketball against N.C. State at the Lenovo Center on Monday, March 2.
The top-ranked Blue Devils (27-2, 15-1 ACC) and head coach Jon Scheyer are set to take on the Wolfpack (19-10, 10-6) and first year head coach Will Wade at 7 p.m. on ESPN in Raleigh.
Duke is coming off its sixth-straight win, a 77-51 rout over Virginia at Cameron Indoor Stadium. N.C. State, which has lost four of its last five, is coming off a 96-90 road loss in overtime to Notre Dame. The Blue Devils sit atop conference standings while the Wolfpack rank sixth in the league.
The Blue Devils own the all-time series against the Wolfpack 83-52 and sit at 27-27 on the road at the Lenovo Center. Duke has won six out of its last four contests against N.C. State.
Here’s how to buy tickets for Duke basketball vs. N.C. State:
Duke basketball tickets vs NC State
Duke has established a ticket waitlist program for men’s basketball games. Fans can register for the waitlist at GoDuke.com. Those on the waiting list may have the opportunity to purchase tickets, when and if tickets become available. Iron Dukes members have the first opportunity to purchase available tickets.
As for the secondary market, ticket prices for Duke’s game vs. N.C. State start at $72 on StubHub and go upwards of $712. On VividSeats, tickets range from $62-$1,156 while ranging from $63-$432 on Ticketmaster.
To see a full list of ticket prices, visit StubHub.
What time is Duke vs NC State?
Date: Monday, March 2
Time: 7 p.m. ET
The Duke basketball game vs. N.C. State game tips off at 7 p.m. ET from the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Where to watch Duke vs NC State
TV Channel: ESPN
Stream: Fubo
The Duke vs. N.C. State game will air on ESPN and can be streamed on Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Anna Snyder covers Duke for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at asnyder@usatodayco.com or follow her @annaesnydr on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The North Carolina Tar Heels host the Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday night at the Dean E. Smith Center in a monumental game for head coach Hubert Davis and his team. Here are quotes from this week that carry weight into this contest.
Seth Trimble’s Aggressive Mindset
- “The thing that I loved about him was he was thinking attack. He wasn’t coming off looking to pass,” Davis said. “One of the things that I’ve told him is when you come off a ball screen, you’re 100% thinking score, and then let the defense dictate whether you make a pass or you go to the basket. And Seth’s ability to be able to get downhill, he was able to score, draw fouls, just a huge difference maker for us.”
- “And I feel like now that Caleb [Wilson] has been out, he’s definitely been more of the go-to guy, and he’s had a lot more opportunities,” Henri Veesaar said. “I feel like he flipped a switch in the second half of Syracuse and that kind of just carried over, because he started being more aggressive, getting downhill, and that carried over into the next game.”
- “The coaches have been on me,” Trimble said. “I know I said it; I’ve said this over and over again, but they’ve been on me just to go and just finish, you know, coming off the ball screen, go, look to score, you know, don’t look to pass. Don’t look to make a play. Go to score. And then things are going to happen from that. And then I’m going to be able to kick out, going to be able to hit Henri [Veesaar].”
Defensive Fortitude
- “We were ready – just being ready on the defensive end and making them score over us,” Veesaar said. “I feel like on the defensive end most of the time, most of the games, we control the way we play, and as long as we don’t make any [mistakes]…today we were talking, communicating the whole game. So that was really good.”
- “It was a huge point to try and slow down Mikel [Brown Jr.] and [Ryan] Conwell,” Trimble said. “They’re two incredible guards, two of the best guards in the ACC. So, if you can shut them down, you can put yourself in a good position to win. Now, we didn’t necessarily shut them down, obviously, but efficiency wise, they didn’t have the best game, and it made it difficult. So, I think we did a good job.”
- “[With] so many gifted guys that can score in many different areas, one of the things that we wanted to do is just make every catch, make every move, make every shot difficult,” Davis continued. “And I just felt like throughout the game, they got worn down and tired. And I think that’s why a lot of their threes hit front rim or air ball, because of the fatigue.”
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A rancher in North Carolina had a nightmare experience in a car wash recently, when wire fencing sitting in the bed of his pickup truck got entangled in the rotating brushes.
Kyle Corbett shared video of the aftermath on TikTok, writing, “Lesson today is don’t go in the car wash with high tensile wire in the bed of your truck.”
“I needed to put up more fence for my cattle, so I purchased this reel of high tensile wire the night before, and the next day I went up town to take care of some business at the bank,” Corbett said. “I decided to run through the car wash ‘real quick’ and didn’t think about that wire.”
“I never use that truck for any work. I went to the car wash and the guys checked my truck out for safety. I went through and that’s when all hell broke loose,” he said.
“It wrapped up half of the fence in just a matter of seconds and beat the hell out of that car behind me. It sounded like a war zone,” he added.
“This is not good…yeah that’s terrible,” he says in the footage as he’s filming the mess.
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