evidence: Republican North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s comments that "it’s time" to start quoting dictators and mass murderers Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have drawn almost universal condemnation. Robinson, who is the first African-American to hold the office of lieutenant governor in the state and who last month endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 presidential election, made the eyebrow-raising claim at a Moms for Liberty event in Philadelphia. The far-right group got the openly pro-dictator ball rolling by quoting Hitler in a June newsletter: "He alone, who OWNS the youth, GAINS the future." "Whether you’re talking about Adolf Hitler," Robinson began in a clip of his speech shared to Twitter by Heartland Signal, "…It is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes." He also mentioned other despots such as Cambodia’s Pol Pot and Cuba’s Fidel Castro.