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 dismisses a CNN report about his alleged comments on an adult forum as "salacious tabloid lies".

A Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has rejected calls to drop out of the race after a report that he made controversial comments about slavery and called himself a 'Black Nazi' on a porn website more than a decade ago.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson rebuffed calls to drop out of the race following reports that he called himself a "Black Nazi" on a porn site.