North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson: 'We are called to be led by men,' not women
YOU.
WELL, TODAY GOVERNOR MARK
ROBINSON SUGGESTED TO A CHURCH
CONGREGATION RECENTLY THAT GOD
CALLS MEN NOT WOMEN TO
LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
>> YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE CLIP
HERE FROM THE CHURCH'S YOUTUBE
CHANNEL.
>> GETTING READY TO GET IN
TROUBLE.
>> TO BE LED BY ME IN.
>> OXON WOMEN OUT WHAT HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN THEY HAD TO
DO THAT THING. BUT WHEN IT WAS
TIME TO FACE DOWN THE LAST.
>> NOT DAVID.
>> NOW THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
IS NO STRANGER TO CONTROVERSY.
HE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO RUN FOR
GOVERNOR IN 2024. AND MAY WELL
BE THE REPUBLICAN FRONT-RUNNER,
WRAL, STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER
TRAVIS FAIN. JOINING US NOW
FOR CONTACT TRAVIS, HOW TYPICAL
WITH THESE COMMENTS FOR THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNER?
>> SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I
HEARD HIM TALK ABOUT MEN AND
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES LIKE
THAT. BUT THIS IS BASICALLY IN
LINE WITH THE SORT OF RHETORIC
HE USES FOR MONTHS. THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S BEEN TOUR
IN CHURCHES AROUND THE STATE
GIVING SERMONS ESSENTIALLY JUST
IN THIS ONE SERMON. YOU PLAY
THE CLIP FROM MAY 20RD FREEDOM
HOUSE TO MULTI CAMPUS CHURCH IN
AND AROUND CHARLOTTE CALLED ON
PEOPLE TO GO INTO BATTLE, TAKE
THE HEADS OF THEIR ENEMIES IN
GOD'S NAME. HE SUGGESTED
TELEVISION IS CONTROLLED BY
SAYING AND ONE POINT HE SAID
THAT LET THIS HAVE KNOWN THE
KIND OF MAN HE BECOME. HE
ROBINSON AND THE KIND OF THINGS
THAT HE DID SAY THEY WOULD HAVE
TRIED TO KILL IN THE LIKE KING
HERE AND TRIED TO KILL JESUS
CHRIST. AND THAT'S ALL IN THE
SAME ZIP CODE. WHAT HE'S BEEN
TELLING CONGREGATIONS GOING
BACK TO LAST YEAR WITH THIS
TOUR OF CHURCHES. TRAVIS, COULD
THIS BE PART OF ROBINSON'S
POLITICAL STRATEGY?
SO HE VERY RARELY TALKS TO ME
AND DIDN'T RESPOND TO INTERVIEW
REQUESTS IN THIS STORY. BUT HE
SOMETIMES INTRODUCE OF THESE
CHURCH STOPS AS THE NEXT
GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA.
SO THEY'RE CERTAINLY A
POLITICAL ANGLE. HE TALKS ABOUT
THE BIBLE AND THE STOPS, BUT HE
ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE
CULTURE WAR ISSUES. YOU KNOW,
TRANSGENDERISM HOMOSEXUALITY.
THIS NEW LINE ABOUT THE ROLES
OF MEN AND WOMEN SHOULD PLANT
SOCIETY. HE'S FLIRTING MAYBE
MORE THAN FLIRTING WITH
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IN THESE
TALKS AND THAT MAY LIMIT HIS
POLITICAL CHANCES. ULTIMATELY,
RIGHT NOW, HE'S THE ONLY
OBVIOUS REPUBLICAN, RIGHT?
THE GOVERNOR IN 2024. VERY
POPULAR WITH REPUBLICANS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO QUESTION
WHETHER A CANDIDATE CAN SAY
THESE KIND OF THINGS ABOUT
LARGE SWATHS OF THE POPULATION
STILL IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE,
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
IN POLITICS. THANK YOU, TRAVIS.
A SHORT TIME AGO THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR RELEASED A VIDEO
RESPONDING TO THE COMMENTS HE
MADE. HERE'S A PORTION.
>> SO IT TO US A NEW WAY THAT I
DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOMEN CAN
BE LEADERS IN THE HOLES AND WE
NEVER COMMUNITIES AND IN THEIR
CHURCHES AND THEIR STATE IN THE
NATION IS ABSOLUTELY 100% WITH
VICTIMS.
>> I JUST SEEN IT IN MY OWN
LIFE. I SEE IT AS I SERVED IN
THE SENATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
I SEE IT IN THIS NATION AND
I'VE SEEN IN OUR HISTORY.
LOOK AT THE COMMENTS THAT I
MADE OF FREEDOM OUT SURGE WITH
DIRECTED TOWARDS ME,
ENCOURAGING MEN TO STAND UP.
TAKE ON THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
AS WELL TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR
HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
IN THIS STATE, IN THE NATION.
>> YOU'LL FIND MORE OF HIS
RESPONSE ON WRAL DOT COM
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ALSO SAID
IN THAT SAME SPEECH THAT HE HAS