Democrats are trying to tie Republican candidates up and down the ballot to Robinson after Thursday’s CNN report.

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says the CNN story about derogatory comments won’t force him out of the governor’s race.

He’s accused of using antisemitic language referring to Jews, sexually graphic comments and comments supporting slavery, according to the CNN report.

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, right, speaks with reporters outside the Olympic Family Restaurant in Colfax, N.C., where Robinson held a campaign event on Monday, Aug.

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North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson denied a shocking report published by CNN about comments he allegedly left on a pornographic site.

Mark Robinson, North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial candidate, released a statement Thursday denying damning allegations reported by CNN.

North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, called himself a "Black Nazi" and supported reinstating slavery in comments made on a pornographic website, CNN reported Thursday.

Robinson denied the CNN report, which said he referred to himself as a "black NAZI" and expressed support for bringing back slavery more than 10 years ago.

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson vowed on Thursday to remain in the race despite a CNN report that he posted strongly worded racial and sexual comments on an online message board,