Gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson treated for burns received at appearance

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson acquired burns Friday night time whereas attending a truck present as he was campaigning for governor, his marketing campaign mentioned.

Robinson was making an look on the Mayberry Truck Present in Mount Ethereal when he was injured, marketing campaign spokesperson Mike Lonergan mentioned in a press release.

Robinson was handled at Northern Regional Hospital in Mount Ethereal for second-degree burns, he added.

“He’s in good spirits, appreciates the outpouring of nicely needs, and is happy to return to the marketing campaign path as scheduled very first thing” Saturday morning, Lonergan mentioned.

Lonergan didn’t instantly reply to texts searching for particulars on how and the place the burns occured. Robinson had made marketing campaign stops beginning Friday morning with Moore County Republicans. He has 4 stops scheduled for Saturday.

Robinson, the lieutenant governor since 2021, is operating towards Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Stein, the present legal professional basic. Present Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, was barred by time period limits from operating this fall.

Many Republicans have distanced themselves lately from Robinson following a Sept. 19 CNN report alleging he posted strongly worded racial and sexual feedback on an internet message board. A dozen employees members on his marketing campaign or his Lieutenant Governor’s Workplace have give up within the report’s fallout.

Robinson, who has confronted criticism for different inflammatory feedback, has denied writing the messages over a decade in the past and has employed a regulation agency to analyze.

Mount Ethereal, positioned about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Charlotte close to the Virginia border, is the place the late tv star Andy Griffith grew up. The group served because the inspiration for the fictional city of Mayberry in “The Andy Griffith Present” that aired throughout the Sixties. Metropolis leaders have embraced that historical past with homages and festivals related to the present.