Ohio Senator JD Vance’s response to a reporter’s question on Saturday about North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s recent scandal has gained traction on social media.
Robinson, the GOP lieutenant governor of North Carolina, and his campaign were rocked by a CNN report on Thursday that alleged he made racist and sexist posts on a pornography website over a decade ago. Robinson, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has repeatedly denied writing the posts and has said he’ll stay in the race.
Vance, Trump’s running mate, was in Leesport, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, where he told an NBC News reporter that the allegations against Robinson are “pretty far out there” and that “allegations aren’t necessarily reality.”…