NC gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson treated for burns received at appearance, campaign says

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. -- North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson received burns Friday nighttime portion attending a motortruck amusement arsenic helium was campaigning for governor, his run said.

Robinson was making an appearance astatine the Mayberry Truck Show successful Mount Airy erstwhile helium was injured, run spokesperson Mike Lonergan said successful a statement.

Robinson was treated astatine Northern Regional Hospital successful Mount Airy for second-degree burns, helium added.

"He is successful bully spirits, appreciates the outpouring of good wishes, and is excited to instrumentality to the run way arsenic scheduled archetypal thing" Saturday morning, Lonergan said.

Lonergan didn't instantly respond to texts seeking details connected however and wherever the burns occurred. Robinson had made run stops starting Friday greeting with Moore County Republicans. He has 4 stops scheduled for Saturday.

Robinson, the lieutenant politician since 2021, is moving against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Stein, the existent lawyer general. Current Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, was barred by word limits from moving this fall.

Many Republicans person distanced themselves precocious from Robinson pursuing a Sept. 19 CNN study alleging helium posted powerfully worded radical and intersexual comments connected an online connection board. A twelve unit members connected his run oregon his Lieutenant Governor's Office person discontinue successful the report's fallout.

Robinson, who has faced disapproval for different inflammatory comments, has denied penning the messages implicit a decennary agone and has hired a instrumentality steadfast to investigate.

Mount Airy, located astir 100 miles northbound of Charlotte adjacent the Virginia border, is wherever the precocious tv prima Andy Griffith grew up. The assemblage served arsenic the inspiration for the fictional municipality of Mayberry successful "The Andy Griffith Show" that aired during the 1960s. City leaders person embraced that past with homages and festivals associated with the show.