{"id":1048271,"date":"2024-09-23T20:51:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T00:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1048271"},"modified":"2024-09-23T20:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T00:51:31","slug":"dnc-statement-on-michael-whatley-and-lara-trumps-refusal-to-condemn-mark-robinsons-hateful-maga-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-michael-whatley-and-lara-trumps-refusal-to-condemn-mark-robinsons-hateful-maga-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Michael Whatley and Lara Trump\u2019s Refusal to Condemn Mark Robinson\u2019s Hateful MAGA Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/harrisonjaime\/status\/1838358514181566847?s=46&amp;t=4MKxaEabpvrURXROXK_TaQ\"><em>response<\/em><\/a><em> to RNC Chair Michael Whatley and Co-Chair Lara Trump\u2019s silence on Trump-backed candidate Mark Robinson\u2019s shameful and appalling <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/19\/politics\/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum\/index.html\"><em>behavior<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToo many days have come and gone, and still nothing from Michael Whatley and Lara Trump on Mark Robinson\u2019s horrific, offensive comments. It\u2019s way past time for these two to get their house in order down in North Carolina \u2014 how hard can it possibly be to condemn a self-identified Nazi?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to RNC Chair Michael Whatley and Co-Chair Lara Trump\u2019s silence on Trump-backed candidate Mark Robinson\u2019s shameful and appalling behavior, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cToo many days have come and gone, and still nothing from Michael Whatley and Lara Trump on Mark Robinson\u2019s horrific, offensive comments. It\u2019s way past time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Michael Whatley and Lara Trump\u2019s Refusal to Condemn Mark Robinson\u2019s Hateful MAGA Extremism - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-michael-whatley-and-lara-trumps-refusal-to-condemn-mark-robinsons-hateful-maga-extremism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T00:51:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-24T00:51:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-michael-whatley-and-lara-trumps-refusal-to-condemn-mark-robinsons-hateful-maga-extremism\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-michael-whatley-and-lara-trumps-refusal-to-condemn-mark-robinsons-hateful-maga-extremism\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Michael Whatley and Lara Trump\u2019s Refusal to Condemn Mark Robinson\u2019s Hateful MAGA Extremism - 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