Mark Robinson at BLEXIT Greenville

ladies and gentlemen. please welcome to the stage north. carolina's native. and candidate for lieutenant governor. mark robinson. [Music]. [Applause].

[Music]. [Applause]. [Music]. wow look at this crown this is something. else. all right folks for those of you all. have heard me speak in the past. not gonna break tradition never gonna. break tradition the very first thing i'm. gonna do. is give thanks to my lord save you jesus. christ.

[Applause]. for all the naysayers out there to say. this is not a christian nation. i got news for you this nation was born. and bred by the blood of jesus christ. through faithful people who fell down on. their knees. and asked for his wisdom and ask for his. blessing. and he heard him and he answered us and.

he gave us that flag. and he gave us all the freedom that goes. with it so we give him thanks. first and foremost before we say. anything. [Applause]. [Music]. also like to thank the folks that. invited me to come down thank you very. much to blexit all the folks. instrumental in getting us down thank. you very much for including us. including us in this i feel honored to. be on stage share the stage of folks. like candace owen to nesta sousa.

and all the other folks that are going. to be here thank you very much to blacks. for inviting me i. certainly certainly appreciate it so. guys what am i going to talk about today. what i'm going to talk about today is. simple and i'm glad i got a good. audience out there right now. because i'm going to tell you what god. has given me a word and told me to give. this word. and he's told me to give this word. specifically. to my people and here's what that word. is. the word is this it is time for us to. take our power back.

we have laid our power down at the feet. of leftists. who intend on putting us back like joe. biden said. into change and it's time for us to pick. that power back up. take it into our hands and be the. masters of our own destiny once again. anybody who's ever read a history book. knows the story.

of black people in this nation here it. is. the very first experience for black. people coming to this nation. was something called the middle passage. we were packed into ships like cattle. down in the belly of those ships there. was no. welfare programs in that belly belly of. those ships. there were no social justice warriors. in the belly of those ships.

there were no joe bidens in kamala. harris in the bellies of those ships. the only people we had to rely on on. in that middle passage in the belly of. those ships. was ourselves. it was up to us to survive in the battle. of those ships. and here it is we did it. we survived that middle passage and why. did black people survive the middle.

passage. because black people are a powerful. people. we are a powerful people. we survived that middle passage on our. own. we didn't need congress to pass some. legislation to get through those. troubled troubling times. we didn't need don lemon and cnn. come out and do a commentary. [Applause].

what we relied on was our strength and. our. faith and it pulled us through. so we survived that middle passage. once we got to this nation what we had. in store for us wasn't much better. we ended up on plantations after that. cotton gin was invented. slavery became mechanized we ended up on. those slave plantations. those cotton plantations working in.

those fields. working in those homes and again. who was it that we relied on. on the slave plantations were no social. programs. what no welfare checks. there was mama there was daddy. there was children and even in the midst. of the storm. we relied on one another and we relied. on god almighty. and we survived the slave plantations.

because we understood what was important. got off the slave plantation the next. trial we had to go through was something. called. jim crow. had to go to separate drinking fountains. had to go around to the back of the. buildings like some kind of sub human. couldn't halfway vote couldn't halfway. have a voice.

everything was separated by race. now i want you to look at the way the. way what we did. in those days no social programs. no social directives from the government. telling us that this stuff wasn't right. who did we have to rely on again. during jim crow who is it that black. people had to rely on. when they were facing extreme racism.

they were facing the ku klux klan in the. black league. when the sheriff was an open member of. the ku klux klan. when you couldn't go down to the local. business and get a job because you were. the wrong color. who do they rely on we relied on each. other. mama daddy children. and god that's who we relied on.

and through each one of those three. stages you look at what happened. the middle passage we were at our lowest. point. we raised ourselves up just a little bit. more during that. on that slave plantation but during jim. crow. you can go back and you can look at it. and the record will show you. that's when black folks were at their. highest in this country. when the times were the toughest that's. when they were highest. and why because they knew.

they had to rely on themselves. they held their power and their destiny. in their own hands. not only did they make a way they set a. standard. because they relied on each other during. those turbulent times. the numbers told the story 95 percent of. black holmes had a mother. father and children. when times were at their worst black.

folks were at their best. because they understood what was. important. they understood their priorities. and they stood up for one another they. stood up for their homes. and they knew that true power doesn't. lie with some entity. in washington dc or in raleigh. or some state capital true power lies in. the four walls of your home.

when you stand up and declare yourself. to be a man. and to be a woman and to be an american. and you take charge of your own life and. your own destiny. that's exactly what black folks did. during that time. but see then we reached the point where. we had these people i call highfalutin. eggheads. start telling folks you don't need to.

rely on god. you need to rely on the government. see you don't need no man in your house. what you need is a welfare check. see we're going to start this thing. called the war on poverty. how many of y'all know that wasn't a war. on poverty that was a war on us that was. a war on the family. in particular the black family that's. what that was a war on. you see because people like lyndon.

johnson understood. as long as the father was in the home as. long as the mother. was in the home as long as black folks. were determining their own destiny. he had nothing on them he couldn't hold. power over him. he had to figure out a way to worm his. way in. caused black folks to set their power. down at the feet of government. and unfortunately that's exactly what. happened. black folks stopped relying on each.

other. and started relying on an all-powerful. government. they literally took their power and. laid it down at defeat of lyndon johnson. and the democratic party and now the. proof. is in the numbers 75. black households don't have fathers in. them. if there's ever a cause that anyone. should pick up.

if there's ever an issue that nfl. players should be raising hell about. if there's ever an issue that lebron. james should be saying. i'm gonna sit down and i'm not gonna. play no more. it should be until every black father. packs his badge goes back home. and says honey i'm here. i'm down on my knees be my wife so.

i can be a father so i can determine the. destiny of my people. because see it starts in the home. you see black folks think that having a. millionaire basketball player. on the court a millionaire basketball. player on the court. is a symbol of the success of black. people no no no no no no no. having millions of fathers return home. to their children. that's success in america that's success. in the home.

and it is time to stay it is time this. day. to stand up and declare. as black people that i didn't need the. government. see i didn't need the government on the. middle passage. what i needed was the good lord i didn't. need the government. on the slave plantation did they play a. role in freeing us. absolutely but once they freed us it was.

up to us to survive. nobody didn't come knock on your door. and tell you i'm here to make you. survive. we survived on our own because we knew. what was important. during jim crow when black folks were. shining even in the face of unspeakable. racism. they knew what was important. folks today is no different it is time.

for black folks in this nation to. declare. number one if the first thing we need to. declare is this. i'm not no african-american. yeah i said i ain't no african-american. grammatically incorrect spiritually. right. i'm not african-american because here it. is. [Applause].

when we were fighting for our freedom in. the civil war we weren't flying no. african banners. we were flying the star-spangled banner. when we were fighting in world war one. even as we were still being treated like. dogs at home. we weren't fighting under no african. banner we were flying the star-spangled. banner. when we were fighting in world war ii. still for a country that jaden treated. us eagle. equal we were fighting.

under the star-spangled banner and today. is no. different it's no different when i. served in the united states military. i served under the star-spangled banner. of the united states of america. which i pledge allegiance to i have. never pledged allegiance to any nation. in africa nor do i ever intend to i am. [Applause].

american. and here it is let's make it plain i. call myself american because of this. my story is as american as george. washington. and thomas jefferson without the story. of my people. the story of america is incomplete. it can't be told without telling the. story of the middle passage. it can't be told without telling the. story of the slave plantations. it can't be told without telling the.

story of jim crow. and it can't be told without telling the. victories thereof. my story is american i am an american my. blood is american. my mind is american my heart is american. because i am an american and i declare. it proudly that's number one.

and number two here it is much to the. dismay of joe biden. much to the dismay of all those leftist. idiots out there. here it is i don't care if you don't. like it or not. i am a free man a free thinker and i. will determine. my destiny you will not determine my. destiny. i will determine my destiny i will. decide how i am called. and where i go and who i will serve.

it will be me not anybody. else why. why all these things true for me here it. is because of the most important thing. i'm not here to serve man. see i'm running for office supposed to. be some things that i'm not supposed to. say. [Applause]. but i've been saying them anyway and. here's why.

because i don't. care what you think. until you hold the keys of heaven and. hell in your hands. i don't care what you think till you. sign my paycheck at the bottom. god almighty i don't care what you think. cause i'm not here. i'm not here to please man.

matter of fact with when man is angry at. me. and god is smiling i'm happy. [Applause]. here it is folks here it is. despite what these and i love this word. despite what these highfalutin eggheads. say. there's a right and there's wrong.

there's good and there's evil netflix. just. sure proved that. [Applause]. and there's a heaven and there is. a hell and there. ain't no gray area or no purgatory in. between. and the most important decision you will. make on this earth.

it's not how you call yourself by a. nation not how you call yourself by a. political party. not whether or not you'll go to the poll. and vote already. but whether or not you will spend. eternity in heaven with our father. or spend eternity in hell with the devil. people ask me all the time.

how in the world do you come up with the. things that you say. i don't come up with them because i. serve a higher authority. i get my all my orders explicitly from. god. and carry them out in his name you see. isn't it funny how those of us who. believe in him. are just seem to have a wisdom. and a peace and a confidence in that. funny. the things that come out of our mouth.

make sense. and then the things that we see coming. from the other side. are total chaos. got folks running around in the streets. standing up for criminals. got drew brees. these nfl players they got a rapist name. on their football helmet. my question to you is this where were. you at when tyshon lee.

was executed in chicago a nine-year-old. child. executed for gang revenge where was the. nfl when that happened. when did colin kaepernick take a knee. for the little four-year-old little. two-year-old child that was shot in his. grand. grandfather's arm when did colin. kaepernick take a knee for them. see we got it all wrong in this country. while we're busy. putting the police under the microscope.

we don't let the family fall all the way. off the radar. we don't need police reform in this. nation what we need in this nation is. community reform. family reform we need a revival in this. nation is what we need. we need some baby daddies and some baby. mamas. to begin become husbands become wives. return home and start raising their. children. to be something.

because here it is you know them folks. we mentioned in the middle passage. and then folks we mentioned on them. slave plantations and then when folks we. mentioned during jim crow. them folks stood up proud they stood up. tall. i couldn't even imagine some of them. with the slave chains on. the rags they had on they made sure. those rags were as clean as could be. and they stood up and stiffened up their.

backs and every stripe they took. they took it with a determination to. survive. because they saw me and you in their. future they. saw what was coming down in the pike and. they only knew. that it would come if they took those. stripes and took those beatings. i don't i'm not ashamed of those folks. now i'm not angry about those folks i'm. proud of them. cause their stripes and what they did. put me here. right now.

but now we got some folks that's living. the dream see. see on the edmond pettis bridge with. them dogs and water hoses and. uh night sticks and tear gas with. warping them people upside the head and. beating them. blooding them up they picked up them. american flags they were carrying anyway. and kept i don't carry them and wave. them because they believed in the. promise of that flag. they saw lebron james they saw michael. jordan they saw all the successful.

black people who exist today they saw. the promise of america but now that. we've reached that promise. we got folks that have forgotten about. all the black folks who carried that. flag. and bled for that flag and died for that. flag. and were buried under that flag and now. we got them out. kneeling on that flag how disgusting. black people have survived and thrived. more in this place called the united. states of america. than they have in the place where they.

came from in africa or any other place. on earth. it is time for black folks in this. country. to bend their backs pay homage to those. who bled and died for them and gave. their lives for them. bend over pick up their power return. home and determine. their own destinies and the destinies. of their future generation it is time.

thank you very much god bless you all. god bless the great state of south of. north carolina. and god bless the united states of. america. [Music]. it's your boy duke mcdaniel the. macadamia nut. [Music]. you know we gotta stay. this falling.