Democrat Josh Stein is projected to defeat Republican Mark Robinson in Tuesday’s election for North Carolina governor, bringing an end to a race that made national news almost entirely because of Robinson’s years of disgusting and offensive claims coming to light.
Stein, currently the state’s attorney general, used a campaign strategy of behaving like a normal and reasonable person. He talked about the need to make the economy work for everyone. He made a commitment to protecting women’s reproductive rights and helping lift up small businesses. His strategy worked.
Robinson, the state’s lieutenant governor, took a different approach: align with Donald Trump, appeal to far-right conservatives, and constantly insult women, Black people, transgender people, Muslims and pretty much everyone who isn’t a far-right conservative.
He did this for years on social media, and for some reason left all of his posts public even once he became a state government official …