N.C. Gov. candidate Mark Robinson vows to stay in race despite report showing disturbing comments on pornographic website

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he will not step aside as the Republican nominee for the Tar Heel State’s governor despite a new report from CNN which revealed a series of comments on a pornographic website’s message board which appear to show him referring to himself as a “black NAZI” and saying that “slavery is not bad” and wishing “they would bring it (slavery) back. ” In a social media post ahead of the release of the story, the Republican lieutenant governor of the state alleged that the news media and his opponent are "at it again" and denied the report, saying the comments in the story are "not the words of Mark Robinson. " CNN reported on posts it says Robinson made on the message board of a pornography website from 2008 to 2012, before he entered politics.

On it, Robinson referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and expressed support for reinstating slavery, according to the report. Robinson has been known on the campaign trail for his at times inflammatory rhetoric.