Morning Jolt: The Bizarre and Tawdry Secrets in Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood

On the menu today: Examining the likely consequences of the embarrassing scandals of Mark ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY September 20 2024 The Bizarre and Tawdry Secrets in Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood On the menu today: Examining the likely consequences of the embarrassing scandals of Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, remembering that GOP primary voters' habit of picking terrible candidates predates Donald Trump's arrival in the world of politics, and contemplating three reactions to Nancy Pelosi's recent insistence that "Joe Biden is the most consequential president of modern times." The GOP Stumbles in North Carolina Thursday, in a gang tackle that the 1985 Chicago Bears would envy, CNN and Politico exposed two separate deeply embarrassing sexual scandals of Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina. CNN revealed comments made by Robinson on a pornographic website's chat board that Caligula would probably find weird, and Politico found Robinson's email registered on Ashley Madison, a website designed for married people seeking affairs. "Let me reassure you the things that you will see in that story, those ... READ MORE  > ADVERTISEMENT TOP STORIES    Republicans Breaking Badly in the Senate Dan McLaughlin  > Supporting Ukraine Is Not a Political Risk for Republicans Gabriel Scheinmann  > The Politicization of Science Sinks to New Depths for Kamala Harris Andrew Follett  > The Enigmatic Faces of TV News Armond White  > The way(s) we talk, &c. Jay Nordlinger  > ADVERTISEMENT NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    Whizzbang! FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Today in History: September 20 ADVERTISEMENT 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.

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