Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
“North Carolina is a vital part of that plan.
Additionally, Republican members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, including Sens.
Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, who is from North Carolina, planned to privately urge Trump to pull his endorsement of Robinson, according to a person familiar with the conversations.
Recent polling has had Trump in a statistical dead heat with Vice President Kamala Harris in the state, at roughly 48%.
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