What Next - He Quoted Hitler. Now, He Could Be Governor.
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🗓️ 11 March 2024
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Summary
On Super Tuesday, Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson secured the Republican nomination for governor in North Carolina. His history of anti-semitic, misogynistic, and outright absurd comments wasn’t a problem for MAGA supporters in the state—and it certainly wasn’t a problem for the national Grand Old Party either.
Guest: Jeffrey Billman, politics and law reporter at The Assembly.
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| 0:49.4 | the abortions, but it's always men who make the longs. That's Sloburn, Row B wake. If you are still wondering what makes someone a Republican these days, Jeff Billman, who reports for the Assembly in North Carolina, he says he's |
| 1:17.3 | wondering too. |
| 1:18.3 | It's changing, or I think it's changed, or it might be, I mean over the last decade I think it's changed or it might be I mean over the last decade. I think it's changed |
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| 1:30.0 | I mean MAGA. MAGA. |
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