GOP candidate in North Carolina called himself a ‘black NAZI’ on porn message board — report

WASHINGTON — The Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina rebuffed calls to drop out of the race following a report that he called himself a “black NAZI” and made other incendiary comments on a porn website message board.

A number of Republican officials in North Carolina are reportedly pressuring Mark Robinson to drop out, fearing his candidacy could impact the US presidential contest between the party’s nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.

The battleground state of North Carolina, where Robinson is currently serving as lieutenant governor, is expected to play a pivotal role in the November White House election.

Robinson denounces the report by the CNN cable television network as “salacious tabloid lies.”

“We are staying in this race,” Robinson says in a videotaped message. “We are in it to win it.”

Asked about the CNN report about Robinson, Karoline Leavitt, a Trump campaign spokeswoman, says “President Trump’s campaign is focused on winning the White House and saving this country.

“North Carolina is a vital part of that plan,” Leavitt says.

Robinson, who has been endorsed by Trump, is currently trailing his Democratic opponent Josh Stein in the polls and his campaign has been dogged by some of his controversial past comments such as calling the Holocaust “hogwash.”

According to CNN, Robinson was active more than a decade ago on the message board of a porn site called “Nude Africa,” calling himself a “perv” and a “black NAZI” and making lewd and sexually graphic comments.