Republican Mark Robinson denies making racist, sexual posts on porn site

Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee campaigning for governor of North Carolina, says he’s staying in the race despite a scathing report from CNN that he referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and wrote about “peeping” on girls in showers on a pornography website’s message board.

Robinson denies making the graphic comments, calling them “tabloid trash.”

“Let me reassure you: The things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson. You know my words, you know my character, and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before,” Robinson said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter.

I wanted to take a minute to address the latest outrageous lies coming from my opponent’s dishonest campaign: <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncgov?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#ncgov

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncpol?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#ncpol pic.twitter.com/RtteVUiozr

— Mark Robinson (@markrobinsonNC) <a href=«https://twitter.com/markrobinsonNC/status/1836841409388642512?ref_src=» https:>September 19, 2024

As a close ally of Donald Trump, Robinson’s scandal threatens to harm the former president’s campaign for the Oval Office. His Democratic opponent, Vice-President Kamala Harris, is reportedly seizing on the moment by launching a new TV ad that includes Trump’s public praise for Robinson.

Robinson has a history of making inflammatory comments, including expressing support for a total ban on abortions and stating that transgender women should be arrested for using women’s bathrooms. However, the comments that CNN reports he made years ago on a pornography website paint a very different picture. (In 2022, Robinson expressed regret for paying for his now-wife to have an abortion.)