Patrick Zarcone, Author at Progress NC Action

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson told Republican group that NC’s public schools need to be defunded

By Patrick Zarcone / April 5, 2024 / Comments Off

Mark Robinson told the East Wake Republican Club that “it has already been proven that school systems get better results on less money,” and that “cutting the fat” out of the education budget would be “essential.”

Blood on their hands: NCGOP’s repeal of pistol permit law led to surge in pistol sales, played a role in UNC professor’s murder

By Patrick Zarcone / April 5, 2024 / Comments Off

Gun sales surged immediately after SB41 became law. The month before SB41 went into effect saw 2,016 handgun sales in the state – and the month after there were 52,532 handgun sales.

Mifepristone case: Supreme Court holds first abortion-related hearing since overturning Roe

By Patrick Zarcone / April 1, 2024 / Comments Off

The effort to ban mifepristone is a direct attack on a common and essential type of health care. Neither judges nor politicians should have any say or control over the private health care decisions of others.

Republican MAGA extremists’ victories in NC on Super Tuesday could be great news for Democrats – if they take these candidates seriously

By Patrick Zarcone / March 15, 2024 / Comments Off

In the days since the March 5 primary, North Carolina and the rest of America have been properly introduced to our state’s right-wing MAGA extremists – Mark Robinson, Dan Bishop and Michele Morrow.

It’s officially ‘Mark Madness’: Mark Robinson threatens our freedom, safety, and way of life – and he hates basketball

By Patrick Zarcone / March 8, 2024 / Comments Off

The Coalition Against Robinson’s Extremism (CARE) is running a full-court press to educate voters about the threat Mark Robinson poses to North Carolinians’ freedom, safety and way of life.

Sympathy for ‘fetal personhood’ – the argument used in Alabama court’s shocking IVF decision – already exists in NC’s court system

By Patrick Zarcone / March 1, 2024 / Comments Off

The chances of a ruling like Alabama’s happening in North Carolina are not out of the realm of possibility, considering the conservative state Supreme Court’s increasingly political (and personal) actions and rulings.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, ex-Trump administration officials and allies in lockstep on total abortion bans

By Patrick Zarcone / February 23, 2024 / Comments Off

Allies of Donald Trump and ex-administration officials are working on plans to severely restrict abortion rights on the national level. At the same time, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and his campaign have also expressed an interest in a complete ban on abortion in NC.

The Parkland school shooting was 6 years ago this week – Here’s what Mark Robinson said about the teenage survivors

By Patrick Zarcone / February 16, 2024 / Comments Off

Less than two weeks after the Parkland shooting, Mark Robinson called survivor David Hogg and others “spoiled, angry, know it all CHILDREN,” “spoiled little bastards,” and “media prosti-tots” who need to “shut up.”

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson believes trans people should be arrested for using public bathrooms, insists they ‘find a corner outside’ instead

By Patrick Zarcone / February 16, 2024 / Comments Off

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s latest comments on transgender people indicates that he would be in favor of bringing back HB 2, a bill that led to billions in economic losses for NC, as well as international embarrassment.

Extremely accurate election prediction model has Biden winning North Carolina – and reelection

By Patrick Zarcone / February 9, 2024 / Comments Off

According to Moody’s Analytics election model, which is likely the most accurate national model forecast, President Joe Biden will win reelection thanks to victories in swing states, including North Carolina.