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The Charlotte Observer Editorial Board

Editorial: In a speech away from NC, Mark Robinson is his old combative self

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been a little less pugilistic since officially launching his 2024 bid for governor in April. But in a speech away from North Carolina on Friday, Robinson showed a lot of his old fire.

His appearance at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. was one of his first major appearances as a candidate, and it offered an early glimpse of what he might be like on the campaign trail.

Robinson first delivered a ringing endorsement of Donald Trump onstage, a move that quickly made national headlines. He insisted the country is “at war” and needs a president who will put America first — unlike Joe Biden, who he said “puts ice cream first.”

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