「黒人ナチ」スキャンダルの米共和党候補、ノースカロライナ州知事選で敗北

【シャーロット（米国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】５日投開票の米ノースカロライナ州知事選で、民主党候補のジョシュ・スタイン司法長官が、「黒人ナチ」を自称したとの報道を受け批判を浴びていた共和党候補のマーク・ロビンソン副知事に対する勝利を確実にした。（写真は、米ノースカロライナ州ローリーでの選挙集会で演説するジョシュ・スタイン同州司法長官）
　ロビンソン氏は急速に支持を失い、９月には共和党指導部からドナルド・トランプ前大統領の大統領選に悪影響を与えかねないとして撤退を迫られたがこれを拒否。自身の過去の行動に関するＣＮＮの報道は「わいせつなタブロイド紙のうそ」だと切り捨てた。
　ＣＮＮによると、ロビンソン氏は１０年以上前、「ヌードアフリカ」というポルノサイトの掲示板で、自らを「変態」「黒人ナチ」などと称し、性的に露骨なコメントを投稿していた。
　ロビンソン氏は、自身と同じ黒人で公民権運動の指導者だったマーティン・ルーサー・キング牧師を「共産主義者のクソ野郎」と呼んで攻撃したとも報じられている。
　米メディアが５日夜に報じたところによると、スタイン氏は開票率約５０％時点で、約１４ポイントのリードを確保していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/11/07-16:51）

Democrat Josh Stein won North Carolina's race for governor on Tuesday, defeating the swing state's embattled lieutenant governor who had faced criticism after a report that he had called himself a Black Nazi.
Republican Mark Robinson had been pressured by party leaders to drop out of the race in September, amid fears his rapidly imploding candidacy could harm Donald Trump's bid to reclaim the White House. But Robinson refused, insisting the CNN report about his past behavior was composed of salacious tabloid lies.
According to the report, Robinson was active more than a decade ago on the message board of a porn site called Nude Africa, calling himself a perv and a Black Nazi, in addition to making lewd and sexually graphic comments.
Robinson, who is Black, also attacked civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, calling him a commie bastard, CNN said.
Stein, the state's current attorney general, was some 14 percentage points ahead, with about half of voter precincts reporting, when US media called the race on Tuesday night.
We chose hope over hate, competence over chaos, decency over division. That's who we are as North Carolinians, Stein said at a victory party.
Robinson, for his part, told his supporters: It was not to be, it appears.
Stein's victory keeps the governor's mansion under Democratic control as he succeeds Roy Cooper.
Cooper, the state's outgoing chief executive, had faced criticism from Trump and his allies over emergency efforts to help communities in western North Carolina that were devastated by major flooding in September that left more than 100 people dead.
North Carolina's presidential race was still a toss-up as of Tuesday evening, with Trump just three percentage points ahead of Democratic rival Kamala Harris with 55 percent of the vote counted.