North Carolina Governor Race Jolted by Report That G.O.P. Nominee Called Himself a ‘Black Nazi’

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor of the battleground state, on Thursday vowed to stay in the race as CNN reported that he had once called himself a “black NAZI!” and defended slavery on a pornographic messaging board.

In an 82-second video released before the CNN article had published, Mr. Robinson sought to undercut the report, which unearthed old comments that he had reportedly made on “Nude Africa,” a pornographic site with a message board.

Mr. Robinson, who has a long history of inflammatory remarks and has been a strident opponent of transgender rights, made comments about how he enjoyed watching transgender pornography, according to CNN.

On the messaging board, Mr. Robinson described himself as a “perv” who liked “tranny on girl porn,” the report said.

In his Thursday video, Mr. Robinson said: “Let me reassure you. The things that you will see in that story — those are not the words of Mark Robinson.”

CNN said it had chosen to publish only some of the graphic sexual commentary in Mr. Robinson’s postings. He made the comments between 2008 and 2012, according to the report.