Will HofmannAsheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE – In a rally reported to be singularly focused on the economy, Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson —and gubernatorial candidate — stumped in Asheville on Aug. 14 alongside U.S. Sen. Ted Budd and Western North Carolina's 11th District Rep. Chuck Edwards as they briefly addressed the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium audience shortly before former President Donald Trump took the stage just after 4 p.m.
Robinson, after briefly discussing immigration and the economy, repeated a claim of being the target of the "weaponization of government" as his wife's nonprofit owes more than $130,000 to the state of North Carolina for violating compliance rules set by the Child and Adult Care Food Program.