evidence: North Carolina Republican Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, a far-right Christian nationalist who is running to be the state’s next governor, defended the writings of a slew of authoritarian dictators at the recent Moms for Liberty convention. [...] The New Republic suggested, "Robinson thinks that dictators such as Hitler and Mao are being taken out of context, and their work is worth reconsidering," while noting, "It is unclear how one could decontextualize a dictator." [...] A former Human Rights Campaign press secretary, Charlotte Clymer, responded to Robinson’s latest remarks defending authoritarian despots’ works by observing: "We have reached the point where Republican elected officials are pushing for bans on LGBTQ books but encouraging all to read books by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao."