Mark Robinson, the controversial and socially conservative Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornography website’s message board more than a decade ago,

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, vowed to stay in the race and pre-emptively denied the CNN report, which described years-old online remarks it said he made.

Mark Robinson, the current lieutenant governor of North Carolina and the Republican nominee for governor in this year's election, is already burdened by a record of outrageous, extremist statements, but a new CNN report on his comments on a pornographic web site threatens to not only destroy his candidacy but also his political ally Donald Trump's chances in the very important state.