N.C. Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson’s Disturbing Porn Site Comments Reportedly Resurface: ‘I’m a Black NAZI!’

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty

Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty

North Carolina’s controversial Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson allegedly expressed support for reinstating slavery and called himself a “black NAZI” on a pornographic website’s message board more than a decade ago,according to a CNN investigative report.

Referencing transgender pornstars, he said, “That’s f—ing hot! It takes the man out while leaving the man in!” according to CNN. “And yeah I’m a ‘perv’ too!”

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is running for governor as a Republican.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty

About a half-hour before CNN’s story broke, Robinsonreleased a video statement on X, calling the story “salacious tabloid trash.”

He continued, “Folks, this race right now, our opponents are desperate to shift the focus here from the substantive issues and focus what you are concerned with to salacious tabloid trash. We cannot allow that to happen. And folks we’ve seen this type of stuff in the past as well.”

Robinson then compared the CNN story and its implications to an infamous quote from Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas.

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Earlier on Thursday, the conservative publicationThe Carolina Journalpublished a story in which it cited sources who claimed the Trump campaign was pressuring Robinson to drop out of the race.

Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris are in a tightly contested race to win the state, and the same polls show Stein holding a 10-point lead over Robinson,according to the Associated Press.

source: people.com