North Carolina’s Lt. Gov. Mark Keith Robinson has debuted his first book: “We Are the Majority: The Life and Passions of a Patriot.”
Robinson is currently serving in elected office for the first time in his life and had an unlikely path to representing the people of the Tar Heel State — after an impromptu speech at a city council meeting went viral.
“Robinson, 54, ascended to elected office later in life, following an April 2018 appearance at a Greensboro City Council meeting that’s been seen more than 150 million times.
“Come hell or high water,” law-abiding citizens will defend their constitutional right “spelled out in black and white” to bear arms, Robison bellowed into a microphone. His remarks came during the public comment period as the council considered canceling a gun show after a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
At that moment, Robinson became an inspiration to millions … The captivating amateur speaker then made history for North Carolina Republicans in 2020 as his insurgent campaign for lieutenant governor broke through a field of seasoned political veterans to win the GOP nomination without a primary runoff.”
Our very own Patrick Houck previously covered Robinson and his unorthodox rise to prominence. Robinson — an unabashedly conservative Republican — is currently serving as lieutenant governor while the state is led by a Democrat governor. North Carolina is one of a few states where this is possible as the governor and lieutenant governor do not run for election on the same ticket.
As Patrick previously noted:
“On Nov. 3, 2020, Robinson won a history-making general election with 51.63% of the vote to Democrat Yvonne Lewis Holley’s 48.37%. Holley also happens to be Black.
Robinson’s narrow but convincing victory came as incumbent Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper defeated his Republican challenger, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, by four-and-a-half percentage points. Robinson even outperformed President Donald Trump in the Tar Heel State, receiving 41,881 more votes than the former president.”
Following Robinson’s rise first in the gun community and then in North Carolina politics, I had the unique honor of hearing him speak in person at the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) Annual meeting earlier this year during the Institute of Legislative Action (ILA) forum that weekend.
For an organization that is often referenced in primarily a political sense, the ILA forum took a relatively small part of the time during the Annual Meetings and Events convention. Unlike a conference such as CPAC which features multiple days of political speakers, only four politicians had the honor of addressing thousands of NRA members during the convention on the main stage. (RELATED: An Exhilarating Start to This Year’s NRA Meeting)
Robinson was joined only by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and America’s 45th President Donald Trump on the short list of people who spoke from the main stage. Needless to say, he was in good company.
Shortly after the convention, Robinson wasn’t afraid to face the proverbial fire by refusing to shy away from his track record of defending law-abiding citizens that want to exercise their Second Amendment rights. He was able to acknowledge the tragedy at Uvalde with grace but also reinforce the idea that more regulations won’t stop criminals with guns from committing crimes. (RELATED: Democrats Pressure Credit Card Companies and International Body to Track Gun Purchases)
The NRA featured him in the following ad earlier this summer two weeks after the convention:
The NRA also interviewed Robinson for their publication, America’s 1st Freedom.
In the interview, Robinson told 1st Freedom’s Editor-in-Chief Frank Miniter that he believed being proactive in fighting crime and being proactive in fighting against those who abuse the privilege of being able to own a firearm “should not come at the behest of limiting the constitutional law-abiding citizens.”
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
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