While You Await The SOTU . . . 9PM Eastern March 7, 2024March 6, 2024 TRUMP’S MAN IN NORTH CAROLINA Trump calls the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, “Martin Luther King on steroids.” “I think you’re better than Martin Luther King,” he told Mark Robinson at a rally in Greensboro, N.C., last weekend. “I think you are Martin Luther King times two.” The INK offers a compendium of Robinson’s views: on the Holocaust (“hogwash”), women (not suited for leadership), abortion (eliminate it entirely), gays (“filth”), Parkland school-shooting survivors (“prosti-tots”). Frank Bruni lays out The Grotesque Rise of Mark Robinson. Trump’s choice. The Republican Party’s choice. Scary times. THE VIEW FROM ABROAD A friend addressed 80 major European CEO’s and CFO’s last month and asked two questions. By a show of hands . . . > If you could vote in the American election and wanted the best outcome for your company, which candidate would you choose? Two-thirds said Trump. > And if you wanted the best outcome for your children? All but one said Biden. BONUS CLIPS Liz Cheney (50 seconds): elected Republicans know Trump is lying but fear for their jobs and safety. It’s how dictatorships take hold. Ask Putin. Stayin’ Alive (25 seconds): interracial dance duo. Stayin’ Friends (60 seconds): interracial interparty ex-Presidents. Student Schools School Board Member (60 seconds): yes! Equal Rights Not Fair (20 seconds): the MAGA view. Robbie Kaplan drives him crazy (60 seconds): lunch at Mar-a-Lago. Volodymyr Zelensky (40 seconds): to help Russia is to be against America. Stop Him While You Still Can (60 seconds): the latest Lincoln Project. To help, click here. If you have no TV, stream the State of the Union.